Utility Regulation
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard – Municipal Electric Utilities [HB-376]
Setting the renewable energy portfolio standard for municipal electric utilities for 2021 and later.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 1/14 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/29/2021
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Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities [SB-153]
Setting the renewable energy portfolio standard for municipal electric utilities for 2021 and later.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures [HB-103]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to set a date by which the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment must submit certain materials with regard to a certain proceeding for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring those departments to submit the materials before the date set by the Commission unless waived by the Commission; authorizing the office of planning and zoning for certain counties or municipal corporations to submit a certain report to the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/25/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Climate Crisis and Education Act [HB-33]
Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; establishing a greenhouse gas reduction target of 60% from 2006 levels by 2030 and net-zero by 2045; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to reach the reduction targets and submit it to the General Assembly by December 31, 2022; requiring the Council to have the plan verified in a certain manner; requiring a greenhouse gas pollution fee on all fossil fuels brought into the State for combustion in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor [SB-83]
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: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement [HB-220]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage [SB-95]
Requiring certain investor-owned gas, electric, or combination gas and 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Energy Suppliers - Supply Offers [HB-397]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, by January 1, 2023, to establish an administrative process to approve supply offers for electricity or gas for households in the State that receive energy assistance through a program in the Office of Home Energy Programs; prohibiting, beginning on July 1, 2023, unless the Commission has approved the supply offer, a third-party retail supplier from offering to provide electricity or gas, renewing a certain contract, or charging a certain fee to certain households in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 636 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures [SB-90]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to set a date by which the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment must submit certain materials with regard to a certain proceeding for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring the departments to submit the materials before the date set by the Commission unless waived by the Commission; authorizing the office of planning and zoning for certain counties or municipal corporations to submit a certain report to the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources [HB-332]
Altering the eligibility of certain sources of energy for the creation of credits under the renewable energy portfolio standard; removing certain sources from the definition of a "Tier 1 renewable source"; providing that existing obligations or contract rights may not be impaired by the Act; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio standard compliance years beginning after December 31, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julian Ivey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Climate Crisis and Education Act [SB-76]
Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; establishing a greenhouse gas reduction target of 60% from 2006 levels by 2030 and net-zero by 2045; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to reach the reduction targets and submit it to the General Assembly by December 31, 2022; requiring the Council to have the plan verified in a certain manner; requiring a greenhouse gas pollution fee on all fossil fuels brought into the State for combustion in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/18/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Office of People's Counsel - Alterations (Office of People's Counsel Environmental Reform Act) [HB-30]
Altering the maximum amount that may be charged to a public service company for a State fiscal year; requiring the Office of the People's Counsel to hire at least one assistant people's counsel to focus on environmental issues; authorizing the Office to retain or hire experts in the field of climate change; requiring the Office to consider the public safety, economic welfare, and environmental interests of the State and its residents in determining whether a matter affects the interests of residential and noncommercial users; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 607 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act) [HB-345]
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, 2022, 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. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 1/14 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/29/2021
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Transportation Network Services - Disclosure of Records [SB-97]
Altering the authority by which the Public Service Commission may disclose certain records provided by a transportation network company; authorizing the Commission to disclose certain records if the disclosure is made in accordance with a provision of law that requires certain licensing authorities to provide certain information to the Child Support Administration in the Department of Human Services; and providing that certain disclosed information is not subject to release under the Maryland Public Information Act.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 51 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission – Minority Business Enterprises – Subcontracting [SB-948]
Altering certain requirements for certain bids or proposals for certain procurement contracts, and certain contracts for goods and services, to be awarded by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission having an expected degree of minority business enterprise participation; requiring the adoption of regulations requiring that certain bids or proposals include certain information on subcontract opportunities in certain subcontracts; requiring certain reporting on the number of certain enterprises employed in certain contracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/14/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Solar Energy Grant Program - Revisions [SB-879]
Altering the maximum grant amount that the Maryland Energy Administration may award to certain properties under the Solar Energy Grant Program; prohibiting the Administration from denying a grant application for a certain property except under certain circumstances; and establishing the maximum grant amount of $3,000 for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 for properties that do not serve a certain purpose.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities – Water and Sewage Disposal Companies – Acquisition [SB-854]
Establishing a certain process for valuing a water company or a sewage disposal company that is the subject of a certain acquisition; prohibiting a person from acquiring a controlling interest in certain water services or sewage disposal providers without prior approval of the Public Service Commission; providing the Commission may authorize a certain acquisition if the Commission finds that it is consistent with the public convenience and necessity; establishing a process to determine the fair market value of the selling utility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 220 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Exclusion From Exemption [SB-761]
Excluding a person from the exemption to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity if the person is constructing a generating station that has the capacity to produce, when combined with a certain generating station, at least 2 megawatts of electricity from a solar photovoltaic system and is located on certain agricultural land.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Land Use - Solar Electric Generating Facility Siting - Prohibition on Contiguous Parcels of Agricultural Land [SB-760]
Prohibiting the siting of a solar electric generating facility on contiguous parcels of productive agricultural land that have different owners; and applying the prohibition to charter counties and Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Renewable Energy and Job Development [SB-732]
Establishing certain criteria for qualified offshore wind projects applied for on or after January 1, 2020; altering and extending the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from Tier 1 renewable sources in the State's renewable energy portfolio standard in certain years; altering and extending the minimum required percentage of Tier 1 renewable energy that must be derived from solar energy in the State's renewable energy portfolio standard in certain years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018