| MD | SB258 | Engross 50% | Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB689 | Engross 50% | Repealing the electric vehicle excise tax credit; establishing the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program; establishing certain maximum income requirements for an individual to receive an electric vehicle rebate; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB864 | Engross 50% | 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 program... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1076 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Comptroller to distribute to the Transportation Trust Fund revenue from the sales and use tax that is attributable to the sale of electricity used to charge an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station or used to charge a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | HB1256 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Public Service Commission, on or before December 31, 2025, to adopt a transition plan requiring each electric company to transition customers to a certain time-of-use tariff on or before September 1, 2028; requiring the Commission to ad... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1393 | Engross 50% | Altering the scope of certain policy goals with regard to energy systems; requiring the Public Service Commission to report on certain projects relating to certain goals; altering the scope of certain funds that may be used for certain projects relat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1296 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Public Service Commission on June 1, 2024 to open a revised Round 2 proceeding to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; authorizing certain offshore wind projects to submit certain revised plans for project schedules, sizes, or prici... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB416 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program within the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating system and providing grants to eligible customer-generators for certain solar e... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB959 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Public Service Commission, on or before December 31, 2025, to adopt a transition plan requiring each electric company to transition customers to a certain time-of-use tariff on or before September 1, 2028; requiring the Commission to ad... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | HB155 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Carbon Capture Opportunity Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to assist nonprofit and for-profit businesses engaged in carbon capture projects or carbon capture research; and requiring the Administration to establish appli... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1315 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain factors before authorizing or approving any agreement related to the premature retirement of an electricity generation facility; establishing a rebuttable presumption that an electricity gen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB397 | Engross 50% | Requiring gas companies serving at least 75,000 customers in their distribution territories and authorizing gas companies serving fewer than 75,000 customers to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems on or before October ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB731 | Intro 25% | 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; an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB820 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Nuclear Energy Development Task Force to study and make recommendations on the deployment of nuclear power generation resources and other related technologies in the State and the establishment of a permanent nuclear energy commissio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB1 | Engross 50% | Altering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity or gas supply agreeme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB696 | Intro 25% | 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 gen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB920 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Maryland Electric Transmission Authority to serve as the lead State agency on issues related to electricity transmission; and requiring the Authority to advocate on, research, evaluate, and identify certain issues related to electric... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB206 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the board of directors of a condominium, by a majority vote, to grant leases in excess of 1 year or similar interests affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB935 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, to establish a Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2025; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1221 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to train local fire departments on certain safety aspects associated wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB216 | Engross 50% | Authorizing certain governing bodies of a condominium to grant certain interests affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB169 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and ins... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB305 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before October 1, 2025, to develop outdoor lighting standards that consider energy consumption, the environment, and public health and safety; requiring the Department to consult with the Maryland De... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1265 | Intro 25% | Requiring a county or municipality to implement the web-based platform SolarAPP+ for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB1161 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Public Service Commission on June 1, 2024 to open a revised Round 2 proceeding to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; authorizing certain offshore wind projects to submit certain revised plans for project schedules, sizes, or prici... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-11 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB166 | Intro 25% | Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" for purposes of excluding energy derived from waste and refuse from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB1054 | Intro 25% | Requiring a county or municipality to implement a certain web-based platform for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and mai... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1082 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1328 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1407 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting counties from establishing zoning laws or other regulations that restrict or prohibit the construction or operation of Tier 1 renewable source generating systems or facilities; requiring the Public Service Commission to study the electric... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1379 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to establish a Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2025; requiring t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1435 | Intro 25% | Altering the maximum generating capacity authorized for certain net metered generating facilities; authorizing an eligible customer-generator participating in certain meter aggregation to receive excess generation from more than one generating system... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1280 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Comptroller to distribute to the Transportation Trust Fund revenue from the sales and use tax that is attributable to the sale of electricity used to charge an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station or used to charge a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB384 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Carbon Capture Opportunity Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to assist nonprofit and for-profit businesses engaged in carbon capture projects or carbon capture research; and requiring the Administration to establish appli... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB405 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before October 1, 2025, to develop outdoor lighting standards that consider the impact of outdoor lighting on energy consumption, the environment, and public health and safety; requiring the Departme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB685 | Intro 25% | Authorizing the use of land that is acquired or developed with funds available under Program Open Space to be used for the generation of electricity from a solar or wind source and the storage of electricity in certain energy storage devices. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB570 | Intro 25% | Requiring each gas company to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems on or before October 1, 2024; requiring each gas company to submit a certain proposal or proposals to the Public Service Commission for approval on or b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB783 | Intro 25% | Altering the maximum generating capacity authorized for certain net metered generating facilities; authorizing an eligible customer-generator participating in certain meter aggregation to receive excess generation from more than one generating system... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB861 | Intro 25% | 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 ce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB805 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Nuclear Energy Development Task Force to study and make recommendations on the deployment of nuclear power generation resources and other related technologies in the State and the establishment of a permanent nuclear energy commissio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB814 | Intro 25% | Altering the definition of "qualified offshore wind project" for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard and the development of offshore wind in the State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB516 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment to provide for the assessment of greenhouse gas pollution fees, the provision of certain benefits to households and employers, and the funding of certain climate-related ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB258 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program within the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating system and providing grants to eligible customer-generators for certain solar e... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB267 | Intro 25% | Establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity or gas supply agreements to customers in the State; providing for the terms of electricity supplier, energy salesperson, and gas supplier licenses issued by... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB682 | Intro 25% | 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 gen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB788 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to train local fire departments on certain safety aspects associated wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB660 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and ins... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB548 | Intro 25% | 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; an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB146 | Intro 25% | Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" for purposes of excluding energy derived from waste and refuse from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB130 | Intro 25% | Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |