EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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SENATE BILL 257
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By: Senator Beidle
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2022
Assigned to: Finance
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Service Commission – Reporting Requirements 2
FOR the purpose of altering the date by which the Public Service Commission must submit 3
a report on the status of a certain net metering program; repealing a reporting 4
requirement on customer education about competitive electricity supply; and 5
generally relating to reporting requirements of the Public Service Commission. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
Article – Public Utilities 8
Section 1–101(a) and (d) 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Public Utilities 13
Section 7–306(i) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 16
BY repealing 17
Article – Public Utilities 18
Section 7–510.1(f) 19
Annotated Code of Maryland 20
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 21
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 22
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 23
Article – Public Utilities 24
1–101. 25 2 SENATE BILL 257
(a) In this division the following words have the meanings indicated. 1
(d) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission. 2
7–306. 3
(i) On or before [September] NOVEMBER 1 of each year, the Commission shall 4
report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government 5
Article, on the status of the net metering program under this section, including: 6
(1) the amount of capacity of electric generating facilities owned and 7
operated by eligible customer–generators in the State by type of energy resource; 8
(2) based on the need to encourage a diversification of the State’s energy 9
resource mix to ensure reliability, whether the rated generating capacity limit in subsection 10
(d) of this section should be altered; and 11
(3) other pertinent information. 12
7–510.1. 13
[(f) On or before December 31 of each year, the Commission shall report, in 14
accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly on the 15
status and success of the Commission’s efforts to educate customers about customer choice 16
under this section.] 17
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 18
1, 2022. 19