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SENATE BILL 257
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CF HB 341
By: Senator Beidle
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2022
Assigned to: Finance
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 12, 2022
CHAPTER ______
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
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
Article – Public Utilities 3
1–101. 4
(a) In this division the following words have the meanings indicated. 5
(d) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission. 6
7–306. 7
(i) On or before [September] NOVEMBER 1 of each year, the Commission shall 8
report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government 9
Article, on the status of the net metering program under this section, including: 10
(1) the amount of capacity of electric generating facilities owned and 11
operated by eligible customer–generators in the State by type of energy resource; 12
(2) based on the need to encourage a diversification of the State’s energy 13
resource mix to ensure reliability, whether the rated generating capacity limit in subsection 14
(d) of this section should be altered; and 15
(3) other pertinent information. 16
7–510.1. 17
[(f) On or before December 31 of each year, the Commission shall report, in 18
accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly on the 19
status and success of the Commission’s efforts to educate customers about customer choice 20
under this section.] 21
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 22
1, 2022. 23