Public Service Commission
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Preservation of Environmental Quality and the Climate [HB-1214]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to give due consideration to the effect of a generating station, overhead transmission line, or qualified generator lead line on the preservation of environmental quality and the climate before taking final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2020
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Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement [HB-1349]
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 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas – Energy Suppliers – Assisted Customers [HB-1224]
Prohibiting a retail electricity or natural gas supplier from knowingly enrolling a certain residential customer with or submitting an enrollment to change the customer's electricity or natural gas supplier to a competitive supplier if the customer had received certain financial assistance in the preceding 12 months; requiring an electric or natural gas company to confirm certain matters in its records at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Companies and Contractors - Customer Protection - Personal Information [HB-1065]
Prohibiting a public service company and a contractor from sharing, disclosing, or otherwise making accessible to a third party a customer's personal information, subject to a certain exception; prohibiting a public service company and a contractor from selling a customer's personal information; requiring each public service company and contractor to use reasonable security procedures and practices to protect a customer's personal information from certain unauthorized actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Electric Companies and Electric Cooperatives - Customer Identification [HB-1019]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations requiring electric companies and electric cooperatives to adopt a method for an electricity supplier enrolling a certain customer to provide certain information to adequately identify the customer without using the customer's account number; requiring the regulations to require that a certain customer enrolling with an electricity supplier may offer certain information as proof of identity under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 02/25/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Human Services - Department of Disabilities - Accessibility Programs [HB-1003]
Transferring the administration and management of the Telecommunications Access of Maryland and Telecommunications Devices and Distribution of Accessible Information for Disabled Individuals programs from the Department of Information Technology to the Department of Disabilities; requiring the Department of Disabilities to provide staff, including a director, to the Governor's Advisory Board for Telecommunications Relay; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020) [HB-999]
Establishing a process for an electric cooperative to operate as a member-regulated cooperative in a certain area; requiring a cooperative's board of directors to hold a certain meeting and forums and provide a certain notice and information to the cooperative's members on whether to operate as a member-regulated cooperative; requiring a member-regulated cooperative to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the status of the deployment of broadband Internet service to the cooperative's members; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 606 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electricity – Considerations for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Overhead Transmission Lines [HB-1014]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to take final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity only after due consideration of certain factors including whether the applicant's design prioritizes the use or upgrading of existing infrastructure; prohibiting the construction of an overhead transmission line that is aligned with and within 1 mile of a conservation easement unless there is a certain showing of good cause; and providing for the application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Low-Income and Middle-Income Housing - Energy Performance Targets [HB-982]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, for the 2021-2023 program cycle, by regulation or order, to the extent that the Commission determines that low-income programs are available, to require the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve a target annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 1% per year starting in 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act [HB-1034]
Authorizing a certain county or municipality, after giving 60 days written notice to the electric company and the Public Service Commission, to convert its street lighting service to a certain alternative-energy-only tariff, submit a request to acquire certain street lighting equipment from the electric company, and enter into an agreement to purchase electricity for a certain use from any available electricity supplier under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Electricity and Gas Suppliers - Training and Educational Program [HB-928]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to develop a training and educational program for certain licensed energy suppliers; requiring the Commission to develop the program in consultation with certain interested stakeholders, including electricity suppliers and gas suppliers;; requiring designated representatives to demonstrate a thorough understanding of certain Commission regulations; requiring the Commission to conduct an examination at the conclusion of training and provide certification on a satisfactory score; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 373 on 05/08/2020
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Relating to the regulatory authority of the Public Service Commission over make-ready pole access and use [HB-4685]
Relating to the regulatory authority of the Public Service Commission over make-ready pole access and use
Sponsored by: Rep. Daryl Cowles
Filed For Introduction on 02/04/2020
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Relating to the Public Energy Authority Act of West Virginia [HB-4673]
Relating to the Public Energy Authority Act of West Virginia
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Miller
Filed For Introduction on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act [SB-835]
Authorizing a certain county or municipality, after giving 60 days written notice to the electric company and the Public Service Commission, to convert its street lighting service to a certain alternative-energy-only tariff, submit a request to acquire certain street lighting equipment from the electric company, and enter into an agreement to purchase electricity for a certain use from any available electricity supplier under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Human Services – Department of Disabilities – Accessibility Programs [SB-851]
Transferring the administration and management of the Telecommunications Access of Maryland and Telecommunications Devices and Distribution of Accessible Information for Disabled Individuals programs from the Department of Information Technology to the Department of Disabilities; requiring the Department of Disabilities to provide staff, including a director, to the Governor's Advisory Board for Telecommunications Relay; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 586 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement [SB-890]
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: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Environment - Climate Crisis and Education Act [SB-912]
Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution fees; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and benefit functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Low-Income and Middle-Income Housing - Energy Performance Targets [SB-740]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, for the 2021-2023 program cycle, by regulation or order, to the extent that the Commission determines that low-income programs are available, to require the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve a target annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 1% per year starting in 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures [SB-741]
Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to require the Department of Natural Resources, within 60 days of the filing of a certain application with the Public Service Commission, to complete an independent environmental and socioeconomic project assessment report and any other additional required study; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources and the Secretary of the Environment to forward certain information to the Public Service Commission in accordance with a certain procedural schedule adopted by the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Alabama Regular Session 2020
Public Service Commission, telephone and cellular telephone customers, Do Not Call List, inclusion of commercial and cellular telephone subscribers, penalties and civil fines increased, Secs. 8-19C-2, 8-19C-3, 8-19C-5, 8-19C-6, 8-19C-7 am'd. [HB-92]
Public Service Commission, telephone and cellular telephone customers, Do Not Call List, inclusion of commercial and cellular telephone subscribers, penalties and civil fines increased, Secs. 8-19C-2, 8-19C-3, 8-19C-5, 8-19C-6, 8-19C-7 am'd.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ronald Johnson
Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Of Representatives Committee On Technology And Research on 02/04/2020