Utilities
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020) [SB-540]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing a process for a cooperative to operate as a member-regulated cooperative in a certain area; specifying that the Public Service Commission does not have jurisdiction over a member-regulated cooperative, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting a member-regulated cooperative from exercising a certain power of condemnation for the sole purpose of providing broadband Internet service; specifying certain provisions of law that apply to a member-regulated cooperative; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Public Service Commission - Electric Companies and Electric Cooperatives - Customer Identification [SB-529]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations requiring electric companies and electric cooperatives to adopt a method for an electricity supplier enrolling a certain customer to provide certain information to adequately identify the customer without using the customer's account number; requiring the regulations to require that a certain customer enrolling with an electricity supplier may offer certain information as proof of identity under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Electric Companies and Electric Cooperatives - Customer Identification [SB-529]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations requiring electric companies and electric cooperatives to adopt a method for an electricity supplier enrolling a certain customer to provide certain information to adequately identify the customer without using the customer's account number; requiring the regulations to require that a certain customer enrolling with an electricity supplier may offer certain information as proof of identity under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of General Services - Energy Consumption Goals and Energy Performance Contracts [HB-662]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing a requirement that the Department of General Services cooperate with the Maryland Energy Administration when projecting certain costs and performing a certain analysis during a certain phase of the renovation or construction of certain State buildings; repealing a requirement that the Department cooperate with the Administration in setting standards for certain energy performance indices; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 289 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program [HB-561]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; establishing a certain Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; establishing a process by which, beginning on October 1, 2022, a certain county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a certain county to develop a plan and give notice of a certain aggregation plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred Finance on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor [HB-531]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Secretary of the Environment to prepare a certain recommendation in connection with certain issues considered by the Public Service Commission; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to incorporate an evaluation of the impact of certain electric power plants on climate change into the Power Plant Research Program; requiring the Commission to consider the maintenance of fair and stable labor standards and the protection of the global climate in supervising and regulating certain public service companies; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/05/2020
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Ohio 133rd General Assembly
Withhold funds-municipal water/sewer extraterritorial practices [HB-163]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 5747.50, 5747.51, and 5747.53 and to enact sections 9.662, 743.80, and 5747.504 of the Revised Code to create a process for withholding local government funds and state water and sewer assistance from municipal corporations that engage in certain water and sewer practices with respect to extraterritorial service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin
Refer To Committee: Energy And Public Utilities on 07/21/2020
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Permitting third-party ownership of renewable and alternative energy generating facilities [SB-611]
[Energy ]
Permitting third-party ownership of renewable and alternative energy generating facilities
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Baldwin
Filed For Introduction on 01/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Family Law - Minors - Emancipation (Emancipation of Minors Act of 2020) [HB-458]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for the emancipation of a minor; altering the conditions under which an individual who is 17 years old may marry; requiring a clerk of the court to review a certain order before issuing a marriage license under certain circumstances; altering what is required to be kept as a record by a clerk of the court under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
First Reading Judiciary on 01/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act) [SB-363]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring certain State agencies to make available on their websites open meeting agendas 48 hours in advance of each meeting; requiring certain State agencies to post on their websites meeting minutes not more than 2 business days after the minutes are approved; requiring certain state agencies to maintain on their websites meeting minutes for 5 years and recordings for 1 year after the meeting; requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide certain staff, support, and equipment to the Maryland Transportation Authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 203 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Solar Energy - Municipal Electric Utilities [HB-494]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Altering the percentage, to 2.5% in 2020 and later, of a municipal electric utility's renewable energy portfolio standard that must be derived from solar energy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Frederick County - Solar Energy - Municipal Electric Utilities [HB-418]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Altering to 2.5% the percentage of the renewable energy portfolio standard that must be derived from solar energy for a municipal electric utility in Frederick County.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act) [HB-408]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
Requiring that any gas service newly installed at an occupied structure may have a gas service regulator installed only outside the structure; requiring an existing interior gas service regulator in a multifamily residential structure to be relocated outside whenever a gas service line or regulator is replaced; requiring a gas company, on or before January 1, 2021, to file a plan with the Public service Commission to relocate any gas service regulator that provides service to a multifamily residential structure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act
(Maryland State Agency Transparency Act) [HB-421]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain State agencies to make publicly available on their websites open meeting agendas 48 hours in advance of each meeting or, under certain circumstances, as far in advance of the meeting as practicable; requiring certain State agencies to post on their websites certain meeting minutes not more than 2 business days after the minutes are approved; requiring certain State agencies to maintain on their websites meeting minutes for 5 years and video recordings and certain audio recordings for a minimum of 1 year after a meeting; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 202 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy [SB-315]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; repealing a provision that prohibits a county or municipal corporation from acting as an aggregator under certain circumstances; establishing a process by which, beginning October 1, 2021, a county or municipal corporation or group of counties or municipal corporations may form or join a community choice aggregator; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Alaska 31st Legislature
Approp: Capital; Supp; Other Approp. [SB-154]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations, including capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; making appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/21/2020
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Alaska 31st Legislature
Approp: Capital; Supp; Other Approp. [HB-207]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations, including capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; making appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES) [HB-363]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean and renewable energy standard"; altering the eligibility of certain sources of energy for the creation of credits under the clean and renewable energy standard; removing certain sources from the definition of a Tier 1 renewable source; altering provisions relating to the intent of the General Assembly; altering and extending the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from certain energy sources in certain years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES) [SB-265]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean and renewable energy standard"; altering the eligibility of certain sources of energy for the creation of credits under the clean and renewable energy standard; removing certain sources from the definition of a Tier 1 renewable source; altering provisions relating to the intent of the General Assembly; altering and extending the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from certain energy sources in certain years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2020
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Alaska 31st Legislature
Energy Efficiency Of Public Buildings [SB-49]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to the retrofitting of certain public facilities and community facilities; relating to the performance of energy audits on schools and community facilities; and relating to the duties of the Alaska Energy Authority and the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Begich
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/11/2019