Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1103 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
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5	5	hb1103
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 1103
8	8	C5 3lr2486
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10	10	By: Delegate Rosenberg
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 10, 2023
12	12	Assigned to: Economic Matters
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Electric Companies – Reliability Standards and Annual Report 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of requiring an electric company to include in a certain annual report the 3
21	21	location of feeders in the service territory of the electric company that have 4
22	22	experienced frequent service interruptions and to develop a plan to reduce frequent 5
23	23	service interruptions; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish, in 6
24	24	consultation with the Office of People’s Counsel and other entities, electric service 7
25	25	quality and reliability standards in a certain manner by a certain date; and generally 8
26	26	relating to electric companies and service. 9
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28	28	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
29	29	Article – Public Utilities 11
30	30	Section 7–213(a) and (g) 12
31	31	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
32	32	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 14
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34	34	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
35	35	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
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37	37	Article – Public Utilities 17
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39	39	7–213. 18
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41	41	(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 19
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43	43	(2) (i) “Eligible reliability measure” means a replacement of or an 20
44	44	improvement in existing infrastructure of an electric company that: 21
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46	46	1. is made on or after June 1, 2014; 22
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50	50	2. is designed to improve public safety or infrastructure 1
51	51	reliability; 2
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53	53	3. does not increase the revenue of an electric company by 3
54	54	connecting an improvement directly to new customers; and 4
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56	56	4. is not included in the current rate base of the electric 5
57	57	company as determined in the electric company’s most recent base rate proceeding. 6
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59	59	(ii) “Eligible reliability measure” includes vegetation management 7
60	60	measures that are necessary to meet applicable service quality and reliability standards 8
61	61	under this section. 9
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63	63	(3) “FEEDER” MEANS AN ELECTRIC PLANT THAT : 10
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65	65	(I) DISTRIBUTES ELECTRIC ITY FROM A SUBSTATION TO A 11
66	66	CUSTOMER; AND 12
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68	68	(II) IS ELECTRICALLY ISOL ATED AT ALL ENDPOINT S. 13
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70	70	(4) “FREQUENT SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS ” MEANS THE CONDITION 14
71	71	OF A FEEDER HAVING A CIRCUIT RELIABILIT Y PERFORMANCE OF 200% OR MORE 15
72	72	ABOVE THE SYSTEM–AVERAGE INTERRUPTION FREQUENCY INDEX DURING A 16
73	73	12–MONTH PERIOD , EXCLUDING PLANNED OUTAGES . 17
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75	75	[(3)] (5) “Fund” means the Electric Reliability Remediation Fund 18
76	76	established under subsection (j) of this section. 19
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78	78	[(4)] (6) “System–average interruption duration index” or “SAIDI” means 20
79	79	the sum of the customer interruption hours divided by the total number of customers 21
80	80	served. 22
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82	82	[(5)] (7) “System–average interruption frequency index” or “SAIFI” 23
83	83	means the sum of the number of customer interruptions divided by the total number of 24
84	84	customers served. 25
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86	86	(g) (1) On or before April 1 of each year, each electric company shall submit to 26
87	87	the Commission an annual performance report that summarizes the actual electric service 27
88	88	reliability results for the preceding year. 28
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90	90	(2) The annual performance report shall include: 29
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92	92	(i) the electric company’s average 3–year performance results; 30
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94	94	(ii) actual year–end performance measure results; 31
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98	98	(iii) an assessment of the results and effectiveness of the reliability 1
99	99	objectives, planned actions and projects, programs, and load studies in achieving an 2
100	100	acceptable reliability level; [and] 3
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102	102	(iv) annual information that the Commission determines necessary 4
103	103	to assess the electric company’s efforts to maintain reliable electric service to all customers 5
104	104	in the electric company’s service territory, including: 6
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106	106	1. current year expenditures, labor resource hours, and 7
107	107	progress measures for each capital and maintenance program designed to support the 8
108	108	maintenance of reliable electric service; 9
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110	110	2. the number of outages by outage type; 10
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112	112	3. the number of outages by outage cause; 11
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114	114	4. the total number of customers that experienced an outage; 12
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116	116	5. the total customer minutes of outage time; and 13
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118	118	6. to the extent practicable, a breakdown, by the number of 14
119	119	days each customer was without electric service, of the number of customers that 15
120	120	experienced an outage; 16
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122	122	(V) THE LOCATION OF FEEDERS IN THE SERVICE TERRITORY OF 17
123	123	THE ELECTRIC COMPANY THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE D FREQUENT SERVICE 18
124	124	INTERRUPTIONS ; AND 19
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126	126	(VI) A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE FREQU ENT 20
127	127	SERVICE INTERRUPTION S AND IMPROVE LONG –TERM ELECTRIC SERVIC E QUALITY 21
128	128	AND RELIABILITY OF FEEDERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE D FREQUENT SERVICE 22
129	129	INTERRUPTIONS . 23
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131	131	(3) At the request of an electric company, the Commission shall hold a 24
132	132	hearing to discuss the annual performance report of the electric company. 25
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134	134	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That on or before October 1, 2024, 26
135	135	the Public Service Commission shall, in consultation with the Office of People’s Counsel, 27
136	136	staff of the Public Service Commission, electric companies, and participating counties, 28
137	137	municipal corporations, and communities, establish by order or regulation electric service 29
138	138	quality and reliability standards necessary to implement this Act. 30
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140	140	SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 31
141	141	October 1, 2023. 32