Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor [HB-531]
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.
HB-531: Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/05/2020
State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act) [SB-363]
Requiring certain State agencies to make available on their websites open meeting agendas 48 hours in advance of each meeting; requiring certain State agencies to post on their websites meeting minutes not more than 2 business days after the minutes are approved; requiring certain state agencies to maintain on their websites meeting minutes for 5 years and recordings for 1 year after the meeting; requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide certain staff, support, and equipment to the Maryland Transportation Authority; etc.
SB-363: State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 203 on 05/08/2020
State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act
(Maryland State Agency Transparency Act) [HB-421]
Requiring certain State agencies to make publicly available on their websites open meeting agendas 48 hours in advance of each meeting or, under certain circumstances, as far in advance of the meeting as practicable; requiring certain State agencies to post on their websites certain meeting minutes not more than 2 business days after the minutes are approved; requiring certain State agencies to maintain on their websites meeting minutes for 5 years and video recordings and certain audio recordings for a minimum of 1 year after a meeting; etc.
HB-421: State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act
(Maryland State Agency Transparency Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 202 on 05/08/2020
Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy [SB-315]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; repealing a provision that prohibits a county or municipal corporation from acting as an aggregator under certain circumstances; establishing a process by which, beginning October 1, 2021, a county or municipal corporation or group of counties or municipal corporations may form or join a community choice aggregator; etc.
SB-315: Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES) [HB-363]
Altering the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean and renewable energy standard"; altering the eligibility of certain sources of energy for the creation of credits under the clean and renewable energy standard; removing certain sources from the definition of a Tier 1 renewable source; altering provisions relating to the intent of the General Assembly; altering and extending the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from certain energy sources in certain years; etc.
HB-363: Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES)
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES) [SB-265]
Altering the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean and renewable energy standard"; altering the eligibility of certain sources of energy for the creation of credits under the clean and renewable energy standard; removing certain sources from the definition of a Tier 1 renewable source; altering provisions relating to the intent of the General Assembly; altering and extending the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from certain energy sources in certain years; etc.
SB-265: Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES)
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2020
Residential Electricity and Gas Supply Billing Information - Reports [HB-260]
Requiring certain persons to submit to the Public Service Commission beginning July 1, 2021, monthly reports containing information on the supply of electricity and gas to certain residential customers; requiring certain initial reports to include information from the previous 12 months; providing for the required contents of each report; requiring certain information to be organized by low-income customers and all other customers; requiring the Commission to make each report available to certain persons; etc.
HB-260: Residential Electricity and Gas Supply Billing Information - Reports
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Referred Finance on 03/12/2020
Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Rapid Health Impact Assessment and Final Action [HB-109]
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.
HB-109: Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Rapid Health Impact Assessment and Final Action
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/02/2020