| MD | SB532 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland; requiring the Commission to study and make legislative, regulatory, programmatic, and other recommendations regarding certain best practices, standards, and guidelines; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 949 |
| MD | HB397 | Pass | 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] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 |
| MD | SB570 | Pass | 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 territo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 |
| MD | SB808 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Agriculture to coordinate with the Maryland Energy Administration, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Commerce, the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the University of M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445 |
| MD | SB960 | Pass | Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide at least $1,200,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 |
| MD | SB959 | Pass | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475 |
| MD | HB1256 | Pass | Requiring a certain electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring a certain electric company to attempt to achieve a certain enrollment target for certain tariffs by January 1, 2028...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 |
| MD | HB1296 | Pass | Requiring the Public Service Commission to open a revised Round 2 proceeding on June 1, 2024, to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; prohibiting the Commission from approving an application for an offshore wind project unless the application inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431 |
| MD | HB1393 | Pass | 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; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 540 |
| MD | SB474 | Pass | 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 on-site emergency backup and certain test and maintenance o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411 |
| MD | HB468 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland to study and make legislative, regulatory, programmatic, or other recommendations regarding certain best practices, standards, and guidelines; requiring the Commission to s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB1220 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center to provide early-stage funding for certain start-up companies; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Third Reading Passed (101-35) |
| 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] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB24 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB416 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program in the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating systems and providing grants to eligible customer-generators; authorizing a third p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB155 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Carbon Capture Opportunity Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to assist nonprofit and for-profit businesses in the State engaged in carbon capture projects or carbon capture research; and requiring the Administration to us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB970 | Engross
50% | Extending for 2 years the termination date for a credit against the State income tax for the installation of energy storage systems in the State; and delaying for 2 years the establishment of the Energy Storage System Grant Program in the Maryland En...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1466 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Department of Agriculture to coordinate with the Maryland Energy Administration, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Commerce, the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and certain other s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Rules and Executive Nominations 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 | SB96 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment 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 | SB1083 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt certain regulations to oversee electric distribution system planning in the State on or before December 31, 2025; requiring electric companies in the State to submit to the Commission certain plans to ...
[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 | HB1214 | Intro
25% | Extending for 2 years the termination date for a credit against the State income tax for the installation of energy storage systems in the State; and delaying for 2 years the establishment of the Energy Storage System Grant Program in the Maryland En...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
