BillCam

Utility Regulation

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Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
SJR-6	State (Maryland)	Urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reverse its Order in the PJM Reliability Pricing Model Capacity dockets. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Energy Renewable Energy Sources Committees And Commissions Energy Matters Environmental Health Nuclear Matters Pollution Prices Storage
HB-1601	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a gas company or an electric company from imposing a certain deposit requirement on customers who are at least 65 years old and have an annual income at or below 300% of the federal poverty level; prohibiting a gas company or an electric company from terminating certain service for failure to pay all or part of a deposit under certain circumstances; and providing for the application of the Act. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Age Consumer Protection Elderly Persons Energy Matters Fees Fuel Poverty Termination Of Services Utilities
SB-1024	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs, in coordination with the United Way of Central Maryland and the Fuel Fund of Maryland, to establish the Power to the People Pilot Program on or before July 1, 2021, to expand access to the Critical Medical Needs Program; requiring the Pilot Program to provide training for certain individuals in the Critical Medical Needs Program; requiring the United Way of Central Maryland to develop a certain screening intake process; terminating the Act after June 30, 2023; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Social Services - Generally Utility Regulation Energy Appropriations Budgets Community Facilities And Services Energy Matters Governor Human Services, Department Of Job Training
SB-1011	State (Maryland)	Requiring certain investor-owned gas or electric companies to require certain contractors and subcontractors to pay their employees not less than the prevailing wage rate for certain projects involving the construction, reconstruction, installation, demolition, restoration, or alteration of any underground gas or electric infrastructure of the company, and any related traffic control activities. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation State Government - Procurement Construction Contractors Energy Matters Fuel Labor And Industry, Division Of Public Works Salaries And Compensation Traffic Regulation
HB-1543	State (Maryland)	Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution fees; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and benefit functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels for certain purposes; etc. Democrat: 98% (68) Republican: 1% (1) 98% Democrat support 1% Republican support	Energy Utility Regulation Education - Miscellaneous Administrative Agencies Age Of Majority Agriculture Renewable Energy Sources Ambulances Animals Appropriations
HB-1390	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to require the Department of Natural Resources within 60 days of the filing of a certain application with the Public Service Commission to complete a certain independent environmental and socioeconomic project assessment report and any other additional required study; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources and the Secretary of the Environment to forward certain information to the Public Service Commission in accordance with a certain procedural schedule adopted by the Commission; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Natural Resources - Generally Environment
HB-1214	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to give due consideration to the effect of a generating station, overhead transmission line, or qualified generator lead line on the preservation of environmental quality and the climate before taking final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Environment Certifications Environmental Health Environmental Matters Public Service Commission
HB-1349	State (Maryland)	Establishing a clean energy attribute credit standard for certain purposes; repealing certain provisions relating to the renewable energy portfolio standard; stating certain findings of the General Assembly; stating certain policies of the State regarding certain energy sources and markets; requiring the Public Service Commission to appoint an independent administrator for certain purposes with certain qualifications and certain duties; providing for the term and reappointment of the independent administrator; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Energy Utility Regulation Agriculture Renewable Energy Sources Auctions Commerce And Business Commerce, Department Of Consumer Protection Contracts Credit
HB-1207	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting an electric company from requiring builders or developers of certain developments to install conduit required to extend an electric company's distribution system to the development, at the builder's or developer's own expense; and providing for the termination of the Act. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Utility Regulation
HB-1224	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a retail electricity or natural gas supplier from knowingly enrolling a certain residential customer with or submitting an enrollment to change the customer's electricity or natural gas supplier to a competitive supplier if the customer had received certain financial assistance in the preceding 12 months; requiring an electric or natural gas company to confirm certain matters in its records at a certain time; etc. Democrat: 100% (6) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Energy Commerce And Business Consumer Protection Contracts Energy Matters Fuel Human Services, Department Of Poverty Prices
HB-1392	State (Maryland)	Setting the renewable energy portfolio standard for municipal electric utilities for 2020 and later. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Utility Regulation Energy Renewable Energy Sources Energy Matters Solar Energy Utilities Weights And Measures Wind Energy
HB-1278	State (Maryland)	Requiring a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service provider to obtain certain information from a person making certain robocalls through the VoIP service provider; providing that a person who willfully violates certain provisions is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each robocall made; defining certain terms; etc. Democrat: 77% (17) Republican: 22% (5) 77% Democrat support 22% Republican support	Commercial Law - Consumer Protection Utility Regulation Commerce And Business Communications Corporations Equipment Fines Identification Internet Penalties And Sentences
HB-1508	State (Maryland)	Providing that certain provisions of law governing resource sharing do not apply to any private industry entities that have separate legal rights of access under State or local law to install communications lines and associated facilities in the State rights-of-way; and requiring the Department of Information Technology to waive certain fees for all last mile broadband telecommunications projects in unserved areas. Republican: 100% (3) 100% Republican support	Utility Regulation
HB-1330	State (Maryland)	Revising provisions relating to the Maryland Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Authority; altering the application and scope of certain provisions relating to underground facilities and damage prevention; requiring certain newly installed underground facilities to be detectable or locatable on or after October 1, 2021; requiring certain previously detectable or locatable facilities to be restored to a certain status after a certain date; altering the qualifications of certain members of the Authority; etc. Democrat: 75% (6) Republican: 25% (2) 75% Democrat support 25% Republican support	Utility Regulation
HB-1048	State (Maryland)	Requiring certain investor-owned gas or electric companies to require certain contractors and subcontractors to pay their employees not less than the prevailing wage rate for certain projects involving the construction, reconstruction, installation, demolition, restoration, or alteration of an underground gas or electric infrastructure of the company, and any related traffic control activities. Democrat: 100% (11) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation State Government - Procurement Construction Contractors Energy Matters Fuel Labor And Industry, Division Of Public Works Salaries And Compensation Traffic Regulation
HB-1065	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a public service company and a contractor from sharing, disclosing, or otherwise making accessible to a third party a customer's personal information, subject to a certain exception; prohibiting a public service company and a contractor from selling a customer's personal information; requiring each public service company and contractor to use reasonable security procedures and practices to protect a customer's personal information from certain unauthorized actions; etc. Democrat: 100% (29) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Contractors Contracts Data Disclosure Identification Privacy Public Service Commission Records Rules And Regulations
HB-1019	State (Maryland)	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. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Consumer Protection Cooperative Associations Energy Matters Identification Privacy Public Service Commission Utilities Vital Records
HB-938	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs, in coordination with the United Way of Central Maryland and the Fuel Fund of Maryland, to establish the Power to the People Pilot Program on or before July 1, 2021, to expand access to the Critical Medical Needs Program; requiring the Pilot Program to provide training for certain individuals to serve as navigators under the Critical Medical Needs Program; requiring the United Way of Central Maryland to develop a certain screening intake process; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Social Services - Generally Utility Regulation Energy Appropriations Budgets Community Facilities And Services Energy Matters Governor Human Services, Department Of Job Training
HB-999	State (Maryland)	Establishing a process for an electric 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. Democrat: 14% (2) Republican: 85% (12) 14% Democrat support 85% Republican support	Utility Regulation Corporations And Associations Committees And Commissions Contracts Cooperative Associations Corporations Data Disclosure Eastern Shore Elections
HB-1014	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to take final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity only after due consideration of certain factors including whether the applicant's design prioritizes the use or upgrading of existing infrastructure; prohibiting the construction of an overhead transmission line that is aligned with and within 1 mile of a conservation easement unless there is a certain showing of good cause; and providing for the application of the Act. Republican: 75% (6) Democrat: 25% (2) 75% Republican support 25% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Certifications Conservation Construction Easements Public Service Commission Public Works Weights And Measures

Title: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SJR-6

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Energy, Renewable Energy Sources, Committees And Commissions, Energy Matters, Environmental Health, Nuclear Matters, Pollution, Prices, Storage

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Gas and Electric Companies - Deposit Charges

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1601

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Age, Consumer Protection, Elderly Persons, Energy Matters, Fees, Fuel, Poverty, Termination Of Services, Utilities

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-1024

Subjects: Social Services - Generally, Utility Regulation, Energy, Appropriations, Budgets, Community Facilities And Services, Energy Matters, Governor, Human Services, Department Of, Job Training

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-1011

Subjects: Utility Regulation, State Government - Procurement, Construction, Contractors, Energy Matters, Fuel, Labor And Industry, Division Of, Public Works, Salaries And Compensation, Traffic Regulation

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Environment – Climate Crisis and Education Act

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1543

Subjects: Energy, Utility Regulation, Education - Miscellaneous, Administrative Agencies, Age Of Majority, Agriculture, Renewable Energy Sources, Ambulances, Animals, Appropriations

Democrat: 98% (68) Republican: 1% (1)

Title: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1390

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Natural Resources - Generally, Environment

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Public Service Commission - Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Preservation of Environmental Quality and the Climate

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1214

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Environment, Certifications, Environmental Health, Environmental Matters, Public Service Commission

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1349

Subjects: Energy, Utility Regulation, Agriculture, Renewable Energy Sources, Auctions, Commerce And Business, Commerce, Department Of, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Credit

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Electric Companies – Conduit Installation – Single–Family Detached Developments

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1207

Subjects: Utility Regulation

Republican: 100% (2)

Title: Electricity and Gas – Energy Suppliers – Assisted Customers

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1224

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Energy, Commerce And Business, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Energy Matters, Fuel, Human Services, Department Of, Poverty, Prices

Democrat: 100% (6)

Title: Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1392

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Energy, Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Matters, Solar Energy, Utilities, Weights And Measures, Wind Energy

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Voice Over Internet Protocol - Robocalls - Customer Information

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1278

Subjects: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection, Utility Regulation, Commerce And Business, Communications, Corporations, Equipment, Fines, Identification, Internet, Penalties And Sentences

Democrat: 77% (17) Republican: 22% (5)

Title: Information Technology - Communications Lines - Installation

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1508

Subjects: Utility Regulation

Republican: 100% (3)

Title: Underground Facilities Damage Prevention - Revision

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1330

Subjects: Utility Regulation

Democrat: 75% (6) Republican: 25% (2)

Title: Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1048

Subjects: Utility Regulation, State Government - Procurement, Construction, Contractors, Energy Matters, Fuel, Labor And Industry, Division Of, Public Works, Salaries And Compensation, Traffic Regulation

Democrat: 100% (11)

Title: Public Service Companies and Contractors - Customer Protection - Personal Information

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1065

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Contractors, Contracts, Data, Disclosure, Identification, Privacy, Public Service Commission, Records, Rules And Regulations

Democrat: 100% (29)

Title: Public Service Commission - Electric Companies and Electric Cooperatives - Customer Identification

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1019

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Consumer Protection, Cooperative Associations, Energy Matters, Identification, Privacy, Public Service Commission, Utilities, Vital Records

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-938

Subjects: Social Services - Generally, Utility Regulation, Energy, Appropriations, Budgets, Community Facilities And Services, Energy Matters, Governor, Human Services, Department Of, Job Training

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-999

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Corporations And Associations, Committees And Commissions, Contracts, Cooperative Associations, Corporations, Data, Disclosure, Eastern Shore, Elections

Democrat: 14% (2) Republican: 85% (12)

Title: Electricity – Considerations for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Overhead Transmission Lines

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1014

Subjects: Utility Regulation, Certifications, Conservation, Construction, Easements, Public Service Commission, Public Works, Weights And Measures

Republican: 75% (6) Democrat: 25% (2)

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