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HOUSE BILL 1149
C5, M5 5lr2818
CF SB 675
By: Delegate Adams
Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2025
Assigned to: Economic Matters
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Service Commission – Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of 2
Electricity Generation 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the 4
full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; and generally 5
relating to a study on electricity generation. 6
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
That: 8
(a) The Public Service Commission shall conduct a full costs and benefits analysis 9
of sources of electricity generation in the State. 10
(b) The analysis shall: 11
(1) identify the costs of electricity to ratepayers assuming that the State 12
electricity market is served by the following generation mixes: 13
(i) natural gas energy at its current capacity; 14
(ii) nuclear energy at its current capacity; and 15
(iii) 8,500 megawatts of offshore wind energy capacity; 16
(2) include the additional costs of electricity generation necessary to offset 17
reliability issues and the intermittency of offshore wind energy; 18
(3) use the Levelized Full System Cost of Electricity model to analyze the 19
costs of meeting the State’s electricity needs from: 20
(i) only natural gas energy and energy storage; 21 2 HOUSE BILL 1149
(ii) only nuclear energy and energy storage; and 1
(iii) only offshore wind energy and energy storage; 2
(4) identify the costs for natural gas, nuclear, and offshore wind if energy 3
storage is available to offset reliability and intermittency issues; and 4
(5) include recommended policy changes to support the development of the 5
energy sources with the lowest costs and greatest benefits to the ratepayers of the State. 6
(c) On or before December 1, 2026, the Public Service Commission shall report its 7
findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the 8
Environment and the House Economic Matters Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of 9
the State Government Article. 10
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11
October 1, 2025. 12