Utility Regulation
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Indirect Customer Assistance Program MC/PG 105-19 [HB-325]
Authorizing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to establish an Indirect Customer Assistance Program to provide financial assistance to eligible indirect customers for water and sewer service; requiring the Commission to establish certain eligibility standards and processes for receiving certain assistance if the program is established; requiring the program to be funded from Commission revenues; and requiring income eligibility standards for the program to be uniformly applied throughout the sanitary district.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 162 on 04/18/2019
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Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Rapid Health Impact Assessment and Final Action [HB-308]
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 not later than 45 days after the applicant submits the applicant's application to the Public Service 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: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/02/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Utility Services - Master Meters Task Force - Extension PG 407-19 [HB-221]
Extending the Task Force on the Use of Master Meters for Utility Services in Prince George's County by 1 year; and extending the deadline for the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Prince George's County Delegation to the General Assembly by 1 year to December 31, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 159 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Electricity - Combined Heat and Power Systems - Metering [HB-163]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a Combined Heat and Power System Program; allowing all rate classes to participate in the program; requiring an electric company to use a certain tariff structure to provide credits to owner-operators under the program; requiring a combined heat and power system to satisfy certain requirements and meet certain criteria; authorizing the export of excess generation from a system in a certain manner; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations by October 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Electric Cooperatives - Powers - Conducting or Communications Facilities [HB-1357]
Authorizing an electric cooperative to construct, maintain, or operate or allow others to construct, maintain, or operate conducting or communications facilities for telecommunications and broadband Internet services along, on, under, or across various types of property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Electric Vehicle Charging Station Infrastructure - Task Force [HB-1331]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from establishing or continuing a certain pilot program until the Task Force to Study Electric Vehicle Charging Station Infrastructure submits a report to the Governor and General Assembly and the General Assembly enacts a law to approve the pilot program; establishing the Task Force to Study Electric Vehicle Charging Station Infrastructure; requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations by January 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren Miller
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Government Shutdowns - Employees - Protections [HB-1318]
Prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to certain residential customers for nonpayment on a day that a government furlough is in effect or for 7 days after the furlough has ended; authorizing the Public Service Commission to adopt certain regulations; requiring a certain court to stay certain proceedings for the foreclosure or repossession of certain residential property for a certain period of time under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Solar Photovoltaic Recycling [HB-125]
Establishing a solar photovoltaic recycling fee; requiring a person installing a solar electric generating facility in the State to pay the fee beginning October 1, 2019; establishing the Solar Photovoltaic Recycling Fund; requiring 20% of the first sale price of each renewable energy credit sold to be deposited into the Fund; providing that the purpose of the Fund is to provide funding for technologies and processes that assist with the recycling of solar photovoltaic systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Healthy Climate Initiative [HB-1235]
Establishing a Healthy Climate Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution charges; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and rebate functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution charge on certain fuels and certain greenhouse gas-emitting priorities for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/19/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Wind and Solar Generating Stations - Local Zoning and Land Use [HB-1227]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from taking final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a certain wind or solar generating station until a county or municipal corporation in which any part of the generating station is proposed to be located has completed a certain review of the proposed land use and provided a certain written statement that the generating station conforms with all county or municipal zoning and land use requirements to the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program [HB-1189]
Establishing the Critical Medical Needs Program in the Office of Home Energy Programs of the Family Investment Administration within the Department of Human Services in recognition of the challenges with energy bills faced by individuals with critical medical needs and limited financial resources; requiring the Office to work with electric and gas companies to implement, for critically medically vulnerable individuals a hold or extension of service for those losing service and restoration where service has been terminated; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 282 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Clean Energy Jobs [HB-1158]
Establishing certain criteria for qualified offshore wind projects applied for on or after July 1, 2017, termed Round 2 offshore wind projects; 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: Rep. Kumar Barve
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Investor-Owned Electric Companies - Acquisition of Substantial Influence - Prohibition [HB-1105]
Prohibiting acquisition of substantial influence over an investor-owned electric company if a person would become an affiliate of each investor-owned electric company in the State as a result of the acquisition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 721 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Transportation Network Companies - Insurance [HB-1072]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to accept a certain form of security from a transportation network company in place of a certain insurance policy if the other form of security adequately provides certain benefits and if the transportation network company is an affiliate of a company that provides taxicab services and has no fewer than 26 nor more than 300 operators; requiring transportation network companies to provide evidence of certain security to the Public Service Commission under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 226 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Environmental Trust Fund - Surcharge Extension [HB-106]
Extending from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2030, the termination date of a certain environmental surcharge on electrical energy distributed to retail electric customers in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 393 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Wireless Facilities - Permitting and Siting [HB-1020]
Establishing procedures and requirements for the permitting, installation, and regulation of certain wireless telecommunications facilities in the State; authorizing a wireless provider to install and maintain certain facilities in certain rights-of-way in accordance with certain provisions; prohibiting the use of a public right-of-way from obstructing or hindering certain other uses; prohibiting a certain local law from prohibiting the installation of certain facilities or discriminating among certain providers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Referred To Interim Study By Economic Matters on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Clean Energy Incentive Act of 2016 [SB-936]
Extending a specified credit against the State income tax for electricity-producing facilities using specified qualified energy resources and placed in service on or after January 1, 2006, but before January 1, 2019; extending the period in which the Maryland Energy Administration may issue specified qualifying certifications to December 31, 2018; establishing the Maryland Clean Energy Incentive Tax Credit Reserve Fund; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation to the Reserve Fund for fiscal years 2018-2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 594 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Clean Energy Jobs - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Revisions [SB-921]
Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from solar energy for specified years; altering the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from Tier 1 renewable sources for specified years; authorizing the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to receive money from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to study the workforce development training needs for the clean energy industry in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/27/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources [SB-867]
Repealing the limit on the percentage of offshore wind energy that may be used to meet the renewable energy portfolio standard; prohibiting specified Tier 1 renewable sources from being eligible for inclusion in meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard on and after January 1, 2018; authorizing renewable energy credits generated from specified Tier 1 renewable sources before January 1, 2017, to be eligible for inclusion in meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard in accordance with a specified provision of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Installation of Solar Electric Generating Facility - Completion of Interconnection [SB-811]
Requiring an electric company to issue acceptance and final approval to operate a customer-generator's solar electric generating facility on the electric company's distribution facilities within 20 days after the completion of the installation process and receipt of the specified paperwork and documentation; requiring an electric company to complete the specified interconnection requirements for at least 90% of installation processes completed during the year in the electric company's service territory; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 430 on 05/10/2016