Utilities
Montana 2017 Regular Session
Revise laws related to utility line extensions [SB-374]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Revise laws related to utility line extensions
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Products That Contain Mercury - Prohibition on Sale of Electric Switches, Electric Relays, and Gas Valve Switches [HB-504]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a specified marketer from knowingly selling or providing electric switches, electric relays, and gas valve switches that contain mercury to a consumer on or after October 1, 2018; establishing specified penalties for specified violations; and authorizing the Department of the Environment to impose specified penalties in a specified manner for specified violations.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Water Companies and Sewage Disposal Companies - Rate Cases and Proceedings [HB-511]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the technical staff of the Public Service Commission to assist a water company or a sewage disposal company in establishing a proposed just and reasonable rate; authorizing the technical staff to seek information from specified companies under specified circumstances; requiring the Commission to restrict the availability of specified staff-assisted rate cases to companies who gross annual revenue for a specified time period are below an amount determined by the Commission, not to exceed $1,000,000; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Increase Rural Maine's Access to Broadband Internet Service [HB-520]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Increase Rural Maine's Access to Broadband Internet Service
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Task Force on the Forest Conservation Act Offset Policy [SB-365]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Task force on the Forest Conservation Act Offset Policy; requiring the Task Force to review, study, and develop findings and recommendations regarding forest conservation in Maryland; authorizing the Task Force to consult with the Chesapeake Bay Program and other entities to gather information about data, models, and policies useful to carrying out its mission; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2017; etc.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Establish requirements for advanced meter usage [HB-530]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establish requirements for advanced meter usage
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Environmental Remediation Costs [HB-414]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
Authorizing the Public Service Commission, when determining specified expenses while setting a just and reasonable rate for a gas company, to include all costs reasonably incurred by the gas company for performing environmental remediation of real property in response to a State or federal law, regulation, or order under specified conditions; authorizing that specified environmental remediation costs be included in a gas company's specified expenses regardless of specified circumstances; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Upgrade and Replace Infrastructure of the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation [SB-345]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Upgrade and Replace Infrastructure of the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Generally revise net metering laws [HB-504]
[Energy ]
Generally revise net metering laws
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Rates for Gas and Electricity - Discount for Qualified Residential Customers in Baltimore City [HB-356]
[Energy ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to issue an order that sets specified rates for electricity and gas for specified residential customers in Baltimore City who are 55 years old or older and have been customers of the electric company, gas company, or electric and gas company for at least 1 year at a level 10% lower than the rates for other residential customers in Baltimore City.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Prohibit pipelines from crossing under streams and lakes [HB-486]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
Prohibit pipelines from crossing under streams and lakes
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Requiring certain utilities to file general rate cases [HB-475]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain utilities to file general rate cases
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Environmental Remediation Costs [SB-355]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
Authorizing the Public Service Commission, when determining specified expenses while setting a just and reasonable rate for a gas company, to include all costs reasonably incurred by the gas company for performing environmental remediation of real property in response to a State or federal law, regulation, or order under specified conditions; authorizing that specified environmental remediation costs be included in a gas company's specified expenses regardless of specified circumstances; etc.
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Louisiana 2017 Regular Session
Authorizes the commissioner of conservation of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to enforce the La. Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention (OneCall) law as it applies to pipelines (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note) [HB-389]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizes the commissioner of conservation of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to enforce the La. Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention (OneCall) law as it applies to pipelines (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Connection Pipe Emergency Replacement Loan Program MC/PG 109-17 [HB-320]
[Water ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to establish a Connection Pipe Emergency Replacement Loan Program to provide loans to residential customers to finance the replacement of malfunctioning pipes; requiring the Program to include a requirement regarding notification or certification of an active leak; requiring that the replacement of specified pipes be performed by a plumber licensed by the Commission; requiring the Program to provide loans on a first- come, first-served basis; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - System Development Charge - Exemptions MC/PG 104-17 [HB-335]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
Authorizing the Montgomery County Council and the Prince George's County Council to grant an exemption from a system development charge imposed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission under specified circumstances for specified properties that are exempt from federal taxation and the primary mission and purpose of which are to provide programs and services to youth, for properties that are primarily used for child care or after-school care, or for properties primarily used for programs and services for developmentally disabled persons; etc.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Revise public service commission laws and qualifications [SB-210]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
Revise public service commission laws and qualifications
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program [HB-269]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program to assist families and individuals who are experiencing, or who are in imminent danger of, a housing crisis in obtaining and maintaining permanent housing; requiring the Governor, subject to limitations of the State budget, to include an appropriation for the Program of $516,828 in the annual budget each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2019; etc.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Allow for aggregate net metering [SB-201]
[Energy ]
Allow for aggregate net metering
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Termination of Service to Multifamily Dwelling Unit - Notification to Property Owner or Property Manager [HB-261]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a public service company that intends to terminate, because of nonpayment, electric or gas service to a specified customer to notify the property owner or manager before terminating service if the public service company has received a specified customer's consent; authorizing a specified property owner or manager to require, as a term of a specified lease, a specified tenant to assure that a specified customer provides consent for the property owner or manager to receive a specified notice of termination of services; etc.