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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb0121* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 121 | |
| 11 | 8 | C5 5lr0799 | |
| 12 | 9 | HB 505/24 – ECM (PRE–FILED) CF SB 37 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegate Charkoudian | |
| 14 | 11 | Requested: September 11, 2024 | |
| 15 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 | |
| 16 | 13 | Assigned to: Economic Matters | |
| 17 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 18 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 19 | - | Read second time: March 4, 2025 | |
| 20 | 14 | ||
| 21 | - | ||
| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 22 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 24 | 18 | ||
| 25 | 19 | Electric Companies – Regional Transmission Organizations – Report 2 | |
| 26 | 20 | (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act) 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | ||
| 28 | 22 | FOR the purpose of requiring a certain electric company to submit an annual report to the 4 | |
| 29 | 23 | Public Service Commission regarding each recorded vote cast by the electric company 5 | |
| 30 | - | and any | |
| 24 | + | and any affiliate of the electric company at a meeting of a regional transmission 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | organization; and generally relating to electric companies and regional transmission 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | organizations. 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | ||
| 34 | 28 | BY adding to 9 | |
| 35 | 29 | Article – Public Utilities 10 | |
| 36 | 30 | Section 7–108 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13 | |
| 39 | 33 | ||
| 40 | 34 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 | |
| 41 | 35 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | Article – Public Utilities 16 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | 7–108. 17 | |
| 46 | 40 | ||
| 47 | 41 | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 18 | |
| 48 | - | INDICATED. 19 2 HOUSE BILL 121 | |
| 42 | + | INDICATED. 19 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | (2) “AFFILIATE” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 7–501 OF THIS 20 | |
| 45 | + | TITLE. 21 | |
| 46 | + | 2 HOUSE BILL 121 | |
| 49 | 47 | ||
| 50 | 48 | ||
| 49 | + | (3) “MEETING” MEANS ANY COMMITTEE , USER GROUP, TASK FORCE, 1 | |
| 50 | + | OR OTHER PART OF THE REGIONAL TRANSMISSIO N ORGANIZATION IN WH ICH VOTES 2 | |
| 51 | + | ARE TAKEN. 3 | |
| 51 | 52 | ||
| 52 | - | (2) “AFFILIATE” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 7–501 OF THIS 1 | |
| 53 | - | TITLE. 2 | |
| 53 | + | (4) “RECORDED VOTE ” MEANS A VOTE THAT IS TABULATED, EITHER 4 | |
| 54 | + | INDIVIDUALLY OR AS P ART OF A SECTOR , FOR ANY PURPOSE AT A M EETING, 5 | |
| 55 | + | REGARDLESS OF : 6 | |
| 54 | 56 | ||
| 55 | - | (3) “MEETING” MEANS ANY COMMITTEE , USER GROUP, TASK FORCE, 3 | |
| 56 | - | OR OTHER PART OF THE REGIONAL TRANSMISSIO N ORGANIZATION IN WH ICH VOTES 4 | |
| 57 | - | ARE TAKEN. 5 | |
| 57 | + | (I) WHETHER THE VOTE REP RESENTS A FINAL POSI TION OF 7 | |
| 58 | + | ANY PERSON CASTING T HE VOTE; OR 8 | |
| 58 | 59 | ||
| 59 | - | (4) “RECORDED VOTE ” MEANS A VOTE THAT IS TABULATED, EITHER 6 | |
| 60 | - | INDIVIDUALLY OR AS P ART OF A SECTOR , FOR ANY PURPOSE AT A MEETING, 7 | |
| 61 | - | REGARDLESS OF : 8 | |
| 60 | + | (II) THE DECISION–MAKING AUTHORITY OF THOSE VOTING . 9 | |
| 62 | 61 | ||
| 63 | - | (I) WHETHER THE VOTE REP RESENTS A FINAL POSI TION OF 9 | |
| 64 | - | ANY PERSON CASTING T HE VOTE; OR 10 | |
| 62 | + | (5) “REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION ” MEANS AN ENTITY 10 | |
| 63 | + | THAT QUALIFIES AS A REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZ ATION UNDER 18 C.F.R. § 11 | |
| 64 | + | 35.34. 12 | |
| 65 | 65 | ||
| 66 | - | ( | |
| 66 | + | (B) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY . 13 | |
| 67 | 67 | ||
| 68 | - | (5) “REGIONAL TR ANSMISSION ORGANIZAT ION” MEANS AN ENTITY 12 | |
| 69 | - | THAT QUALIFIES AS A REGIONAL TRANSMISSIO N ORGANIZATION UNDER 18 C.F.R. § 13 | |
| 70 | - | 35.34. 14 | |
| 68 | + | (C) (1) ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 1 EACH YEAR , EACH ELECTRIC 14 | |
| 69 | + | COMPANY SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSION A REPORT O N EACH RECORDED VOTE 15 | |
| 70 | + | CAST BY THE ELECTRIC COMPANY OR , SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS 16 | |
| 71 | + | SUBSECTION, AN AFFILIATE OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY AT A MEETING OF A 17 | |
| 72 | + | REGIONAL TRANSMISSIO N ORGANIZATION DURIN G THE IMMEDIATELY PR ECEDING 18 | |
| 73 | + | CALENDAR YEAR . 19 | |
| 71 | 74 | ||
| 72 | - | ( | |
| 75 | + | (2) THE REPORT SHALL IN CLUDE: 20 | |
| 73 | 76 | ||
| 74 | - | (C) (1) ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 1 EACH YEAR , EACH ELECTRIC 16 | |
| 75 | - | COMPANY S HALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSION A REPORT O N EACH RECORDED VOTE 17 | |
| 76 | - | CAST BY THE ELECTRIC COMPANY OR , SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS 18 | |
| 77 | - | SUBSECTION, AN A STATE AFFILIATE OF THE ELE CTRIC COMPANY AT A M EETING OF 19 | |
| 78 | - | A REGIONAL TRANSMISS ION ORGANIZATION DUR ING THE IMMEDIAT ELY PRECEDING 20 | |
| 79 | - | CALENDAR YEAR . 21 | |
| 77 | + | (I) ALL RECORDED VOTES C AST BY THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, 21 | |
| 78 | + | REGARDLESS OF WHETHE R THE VOTE IS OTHERW ISE DISCLOSED; AND 22 | |
| 80 | 79 | ||
| 81 | - | (2) THE REPORT SHALL INCL UDE: 22 | |
| 80 | + | (II) ALL VOTES CAST BY AN AFFILIATE OF THE ELE CTRIC 23 | |
| 81 | + | COMPANY IF THE ELECT RIC COMPANY ITSELF D OES NOT VOTE ON THE MATTER. 24 | |
| 82 | 82 | ||
| 83 | - | (I) ALL RECORDED VOTES C AST BY THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, 23 | |
| 84 | - | REGARDLESS OF WHETHE R THE VOTE IS OTHERW ISE DISCLOSED; AND 24 | |
| 85 | - | ||
| 86 | - | (II) ALL VOTES CAST BY AN A STATE AFFILIATE OF THE 25 | |
| 87 | - | ELECTRIC COMPANY IF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY ITS ELF DOES NOT VOTE ON THE 26 | |
| 88 | - | MATTER. 27 | |
| 89 | - | ||
| 90 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 28 | |
| 91 | - | October 1, 2025. 29 | |
| 92 | - | ||
| 93 | - | ||
| 83 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 25 | |
| 84 | + | October 1, 2025. 26 | |
| 94 | 85 |