Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act) [SB-959]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring an investor-owned electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring an investor-owned electric company to attempt to achieve a reasonable enrollment target for the tariffs by January 1, 2028; authorizing the Commission to require the automatic enrollment of certain customers in a time-of-use tariff on an opt-out basis; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations by May 1, 2025, regarding the interconnection of certain systems; etc.
SB-959: Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 475 on 05/09/2024
You have voted SB-959: Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act).
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans [HB-864]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring each electric company, each gas company, and the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan for achieving certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through certain programs and services and superseding certain existing energy efficiency and conservation goals; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a working group to study and make recommendations on extending certain program assistance to certain moderate-income households; etc.
HB-864: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/09/2024
Public Utilities - High-Energy-Use Facilities - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions [SB-861]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring a person that owns, operates, or controls a high energy use facility to ensure greenhouse gas emissions associated with the electricity used by the facility are reduced by certain amounts by certain years; prohibiting a person from using certain methods to meet the emissions reduction targets established under the Act; and requiring the Public Service Commission to review and verify a certain report submitted by each person that owns, operates, or controls a high energy use facility and make a certain determination.
SB-861: Public Utilities - High-Energy-Use Facilities - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees [HB-933]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions; requiring the Comptroller to deposit the 9-8-8 fees and the prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fees in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to adopt procedures for auditing fee collection and remittance by telephone companies and commercial mobile radio service providers.
HB-933: Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 780 on 05/16/2024
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act) [SB-783]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that certain home improvement contracts for the installation of a solar energy generating system on the roof of a building include the installation of a certain wildlife barrier under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to implement certain software for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for residential solar energy and energy storage systems and main electric panel urgrades and derates on or before August 1, 2025, except under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-783: Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 595 on 05/09/2024
You have voted SB-783: Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act).
Energy Generation Projects - Labor and Minority Business Enterprise Requirements [SB-696]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the developer of a covered project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line or approval for the construction of a certain generating station, to meet certain labor standards and reporting requirements; establishing certain labor standards and certain certification, reporting, and record-keeping requirements related to the construction of a covered project; etc.
SB-696: Energy Generation Projects - Labor and Minority Business Enterprise Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act) [SB-682]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a certain electric company to submit a report to the Public Service Commission on or before February 1 each year regarding certain votes cast by the electric company and any affiliates of the electric company at a meeting of the regional transmission organization; providing that the Act does not apply to municipal electric utilities; etc.
SB-682: Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 04/05/2024
Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) [HB-731]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.
HB-731: Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2024
Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage [SB-583]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Applying certain prevailing wage requirements for contractors and subcontractors working on certain projects involving, and traffic control activities related to, any underground gas or electric infrastructure of an investor-owned gas company, electric company, or combination gas and electric company to any gas or electric infrastructure project of the company.
SB-583: Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Hearing Canceled on 02/09/2024
Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) [SB-548]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.
SB-548: Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2024
Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems - Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act) [SB-570]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
Requiring certain gas companies and authorizing certain gas companies to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems by October 1, 2024; requiring a gas company that serves at least 75,000 customers in its distribution territory to submit either one or two proposals for a pilot system to the Public Service Commission for approval by July 1, 2025; authorizing a municipal corporation, county, or community organization to submit neighborhoods to gas companies for consideration as part of a pilot system; etc.
SB-570: Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems - Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 563 on 05/09/2024
You have voted SB-570: Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems - Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act).
Energy Generation Projects - Labor and Minority Business Enterprise Requirements [HB-682]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the developer of a covered project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line or approval for the construction of a certain generating station, to meet certain labor standards and reporting requirements; establishing certain labor standards and certain certification, reporting, and record-keeping requirements related to the construction of a covered project; etc.
HB-682: Energy Generation Projects - Labor and Minority Business Enterprise Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals – Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024) [HB-579]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of onsite emergency backup and certain test and maintenance operations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certain other related approvals under certain circumstances.
HB-579: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals – Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2024
You have voted HB-579: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals – Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024).
Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [SB-510]
[Nonprofit ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Community Development ]
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or donate to nonprofit, charitable organizations.
SB-510: Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Referred Economic Matters on 03/08/2024
Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage [HB-554]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
Applying certain prevailing wage requirements for contractors and subcontractors working on certain projects involving, and traffic control activities related to, any gas or electric infrastructure of an investor-owned gas company, electric company, or combination gas and electric company to any gas or electric infrastructure project of the company.
HB-554: Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
Public Service Commission - Performance-Based Regulation - Study [HB-518]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to study the feasibility of and develop a framework for transitioning to performance-based utility regulation in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by December 1, 2024, and a final report to the General Assembly by November 1, 2025, with the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative action necessary to implement a performance-based regulation model in the State.
HB-518: Public Service Commission - Performance-Based Regulation - Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Deni Taveras
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/04/2024
Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits [HB-487]
[Nonprofit ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Community Development ]
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or donate to nonprofit, charitable organizations.
HB-487: Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024