Utility Regulation
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Construction of Transmission Lines - Landowners - Notification [SB-696]
Requiring a public service company or an applicant to provide certain notice to owners of land and each owner of adjacent land over, on, or under which the applicant proposes to construct transmission lines under certain circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/05/2018
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Electricity - Condemnation of Property or Rights for Overhead Transmission Lines - Public Service Commission Approval [SB-695]
Subjecting the condemnation of certain property or rights for the construction or maintenance of overhead transmission lines to approval by the Public Service Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Construction of Overhead Transmission Lines - Location [SB-692]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line that is designed to carry a voltage in excess of 69,000 volts unless the overhead transmission line will be located on certain sites or on property subject to an existing easement; authorizing the Commission to issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line at a location other than certain locations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Electric Facilities – Condemnation – Conserved Land [SB-691]
Establishing certain restrictions on the acquisition of certain property by condemnation in connection with a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain facilities used in the transmission of electricity; providing that a property or right may not be taken by eminent domain for certain transmission or lead lines unless certain conditions are met; and requiring certain compensation to be paid based on a certain valuation and to reimburse certain entities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Revisions [SB-688]
Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from Tier 1 renewable sources for certain years; and extending the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from Tier 2 renewable sources for certain years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Electricity - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards - Sources [SB-603]
Requiring that at least 51% of the renewable energy credits used to satisfy that portion of the renewable energy portfolio standard that exceeds 25% in certain years must be created by a source that is located in the State; providing that an electricity supplier may use certain credits to meet the standard under certain circumstances; and providing for the application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Electric Generating Systems - Net Metering and Community Solar Energy [SB-557]
Increasing the generating capacity limit for an electric generating system used by an eligible customer-generator for net metering and a community solar energy generating system under certain circumstances; requiring an electric generating system used by an eligible customer-generator for net metering and a community solar energy generating system to comply with local land use and planning laws; etc.
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 Service Commission - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Reporting [SB-433]
Altering the date from February 1 to December 1 each year by which the Public Service Commission is required to report to the General Assembly on the status of implementation of the renewable energy portfolio standard.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 456 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Apartment Houses and Commercial Buildings - Service Charges [SB-397]
Altering the amount of an additional service charge to the lesser of the actual cost or $5 that an owner, an operator, or a manager of an apartment house, an office building, or a shopping center may collect to cover certain administrative costs of installing submetering equipment for each dwelling unit or commercial rental unit that is not individually metered for gas or electricity, allocating the cost of each unit's consumption, and billing the cost to each unit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Requirements - Standard Offer Service [SB-391]
Requiring an electric company to contract for certain renewable energy credits and electricity generated from certain Tier 1 renewable sources to meet a certain portion of the renewable energy portfolio standard for electricity that the electric company provides to certain customers beginning in 2021; requiring an electric company to solicit bids for a certain contract from certain renewable energy facilities; requiring an electric company to submit a certain contract to the Public Service Commission for review and approval; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Water or Sewage Disposal Systems - Rates [SB-337]
Allowing the Public Service Commission, after notice to customers and holding a public hearing and an evidentiary hearing, to authorize a certain rate consolidation of two or more water or sewage disposal systems if the systems have common ownership and the rate consolidation is in the public interest.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 191 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Renewable Energy – Tiers 1 and 2 Sources – Modifications and Compliance Fee [SB-282]
Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" to exclude waste-to-energy; extending the eligibility of certain Tier 2 renewable sources for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard in certain years; altering the compliance fee for a shortfall from the required percentage of energy from Tier 2 renewable sources for the renewable energy portfolio standard in certain years; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Third Reading Passed (38-6) on 04/06/2018
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Wireless Facilities - Permitting and Siting [SB-1188]
Prohibiting a local government from entering into certain types of exclusive agreements under certain circumstances; authorizing a local government to impose certain rates and fees for certain purposes under certain circumstances; authorizing a wireless provider to collocate certain wireless facilities and poles in certain places under certain circumstances; providing that certain uses of land are permitted uses and not subject to local zoning review or approval; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2018
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Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Rapid Health Impact Assessment Requirement [SB-1142]
Requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain construction to conduct a rapid health impact assessment (HIA) on the project and report on its findings; requiring a rapid HIA report to be completed within 3 weeks after the applicant submits its application to the Commission; requiring an applicant to complete the rapid HIA in a certain manner; requiring the rapid HIA report to be considered part of a certain application; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2018
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Electric Universal Service Program - Funds - Arrearage Prevention [SB-1117]
Authorizing the Department of Human Services to use certain unexpended funds to establish a certain arrearage prevention program; providing that the purpose and intent of the program is a one-time grant of money to establish ongoing arrearage prevention activities in the State; providing for the Department to select certain program recipients for certain purposes; requiring the Department, for fiscal year 2019, to dedicate $750,000 of unexpended funds in the Electric Universal Service Program to the arrearage prevention program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 697 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Railroad Companies - Condemnation Authority - Application [SB-1073]
Establishing that certain authority of railroad companies to acquire property by condemnation does not apply to an entity that owns or operates a railroad powered by a magnetic levitation propulsion system, or passenger or freight transportation for which pressurized capsules or pods travel at high speed in reduced-pressure tubes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2018
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Renewable Energy – Offshore Wind Projects – Distance Requirements [SB-1058]
Altering from between 10 to 30 to not less than 26 nautical miles the distances required of certain qualified offshore wind projects from the State shoreline; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving certain offshore wind projects unless certain wind turbines are installed; requiring certain wind turbines to be installed in a certain manner for certain purposes; excluding from the calculation of certain ORECs the generation or capacity of certain wind turbines; requiring the Commission to enter a certain order; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - Trust Fund and Fees (Carl Henn's Law) [SB-1051]
Authorizing the Emergency Number Systems Board to use the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to reimburse counties for capital and operating costs of a certain enhanced 9-1-1 system under certain circumstances; and altering the method for calculating the 9-1-1 fee and a certain additional fee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Magnetic Levitation Transportation System - Limitations [SB-1003]
Prohibiting a person from constructing a magnetic levitation transportation system or certain facilities or structures in a local jurisdiction unless the local legislative body and the local executive review and approve the construction; prohibiting a unit of State or local government from approving the construction, or condemnation of property for the construction, of a magnetic levitation transportation system or certain facilities or structures in a local jurisdiction unless certain local bodies review and approve; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/14/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Opposition to Proposed National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program [HJR-13]
Expressing the strong and unequivocal opposition of the General Assembly of Maryland to the draft proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2019-2024 and the implementation of any offshore oil or gas leasing, exploration, development, or production in the Atlantic Ocean; urging the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to remove Maryland from the proposed program; and requiring certain committees of the General Assembly to make recommendations on protecting Maryland if the State is not removed from the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/21/2018