Maryland Senate Bill 749

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-02-10 - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Defining the term "residential retail customer" for the purchase of gas or electricity for home use; altering the requirements for residential electricity suppliers to use a certain calculation of an electric company's standard offer service rate in setting the price for electricity under certain circumstances; authorizing residential electricity suppliers to use consolidated billing; and altering the requirements of the Public Service Commission in approving the price of electricity marketed as green power.

Residential Retail Customer and Retail Electricity Suppliers - Definition and Alterations

Sen. Dawn Gile [D]

Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]

Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]

Sen. Ron Watson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-10	Senate	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-06	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Utilities	1	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	7	510	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Utilities	7	707	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0749?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0749f.pdf