Utility Regulation
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electric Companies and Gas Companies - Customer Bill Surcharge - Repeal [HB-1535]
Repealing on electric and gas bills a certain surcharge used to encourage and promote the efficient use and conservation of energy in support of certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and targets.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/27/2025
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Electric and Gas Service - Termination - Third-Party Notification [SB-1035]
Requiring a public service company to notify a certain municipality and certain members of the General Assembly and local elected officials before terminating for nonpayment electric or gas service to a multifamily dwelling unit for which the account is held by a property owner or manager.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Subscription Eligibility [SB-1022]
Authorizing a certain LMI subscriber to hold a subscription to a community solar energy generating system located in a different electric service territory from the one in which the LMI subscriber resides; providing that a certain LMI subscriber shall receive the same bill credit value as an LMI subscriber who resides in a certain electric service territory; and requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a process for exchanging community solar bill credits between systems located in different electric service areas.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Hearing Canceled on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Network Companies - Itemized Receipts and Operator Data Reporting [SB-1018]
Requiring a transportation network company to provide an operator and a passenger an itemized digital receipt that contains certain information as soon as practicable after the operator provides transportation network services to the passenger; requiring a transportation network company to report, on or before February 1 each year, certain information to the Public Service Commission; and requiring the Commission, by March 1 each year, to submit the compiled information to certain committees of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Environmental Impact Analysis and Existing Burden Report [HB-1406]
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to include with the application a certain environmental impact analysis and, if applicable, a certain existing burden report; altering certain notice requirements; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity unless the application includes a final environmental impact assessment and, if applicable, a final existing burden report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Energy Generation and Transmission [HB-1329]
Stating the authority to construct, permit, and operate in the State an energy generating system that produces energy from natural gas; authorizing investor-owned electric companies and electricity suppliers in the State to construct, acquire, or lease and operate their own generating facilities and construct, acquire, or lease, and operate, certain transmission facilities; stating the General Assembly's support for the development of additional nuclear energy in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Rights Protection Act of 2025 [HB-1396]
Prohibiting certain persons from exercising a right of condemnation to acquire property for the purpose of constructing a power line or a certain generating station that produces electricity from wind energy or solar energy; and prohibiting the State or any of its instrumentalities or political subdivisions from acquiring by condemnation property that is encumbered by certain conservation easements or will be used for the construction of a power line or a certain generating station.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity - Energy Storage Devices [HB-1338]
Requiring a person to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission before beginning construction of an energy storage device with a minimum energy storage capacity of 2 megawatts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Electric Distribution System Plans - Establishment (Affordable Grid Act) [HB-1225]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders on or before December 31, 2025, that require electric companies to, every 3 years, develop an electric system distribution plan to be approved by the Commission and provide the Commission with annual progress reports; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders adopting certain metrics to monitor and assess electric distribution system plans; requiring an electric company to provide certain public comment opportunities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Construction and Expansion of Transmission Lines and Task Force to Develop a Realistic Electricity Plan for Maryland [HB-1218]
Establishing the Task Force to Develop a Realistic Electricity Plan for Maryland to study and make recommendations on the State's current and future electricity needs under various scenarios: prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving the construction or expansion of transmission lines in the State from July 1, 2025, through May 1, 2026; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Co-Location Energy Innovation and Reliability Act [HB-1219]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations related to the construction of a generating station that is co-located with a data center but is not interconnected with the electric transmission system or electric distribution system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Forest Conservation Act - Linear Projects - Alteration [HB-1224]
Altering the definition of "linear project" under the Forest Conservation Act to exclude a project for a new transmission line or new distribution line constructed on or after October 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Economic Matters And Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Overhead Transmission Lines - Grid Enhancing Technologies [HB-1397]
Adding grid enhancing technologies to the list of requirements the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electric Distribution System Support Services - Cost Recovery and Energy Storage [HB-1419]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to approve the use of regulatory asset accounting in recovering certain costs associated with electric distribution system support services programs and incentives if the Commission makes a certain determination; and stating that a certain provision of law may not be construed to prohibit certain entities from offering certain energy storage.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Subscription Eligibility [HB-1233]
Authorizing a certain LMI subscriber to hold a subscription to a community solar energy generating system located in a different electric service territory from the one in which the LMI subscriber resides; providing that a certain LMI subscriber shall receive the same bill credit value as an LMI subscriber who resides in a certain electric service territory; and requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a process for exchanging community solar bill credits between systems located in different electric service areas.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Gas Generating Facilities - Authorization [HB-1217]
Authorizing the construction, permitting, and operation of natural gas generating facilities in the State until the State meets 50% of its energy needs from renewable energy resources; and requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to work with the owners and operators of natural gas generating facilities in the State to decrease the production of energy from natural gas after the State meets 50% of its energy needs from renewable energy resources.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation [HB-1149]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; requiring the Commission to include recommended policy changes to support the development of energy sources with the lowest costs and greatest benefits to the ratepayers of the State; and requiring the Commission to reports its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Utility Services - Master Meters MC/PG 115-25 [HB-1196]
Exempting, in Prince George's County, a duplex constructed, converted, or intended to be constructed or converted to condominium or cooperative ownership, from provisions prohibiting the use of a master meter for water and sewer service in a residential multiple occupancy building.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems - Floating Systems and Systems Located on Brownfields [HB-1111]
Providing that certain floating solar energy generating systems are eligible for the Small Solar Energy Generating System Incentive Program; and exempting certain floating solar energy generating systems and solar energy generating systems located on brownfields from a certain property tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [HB-1036]
Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishing certain requirements for the construction of a certain solar energy generating station or energy storage device; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain study to establish a process by which the Commission may establish partnerships between electric companies and electricity suppliers for electricity generation projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 2/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2025