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SENATE BILL 478
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By: Senators Gallion, Hershey, Ready, Jennings, and Corderman
Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2025
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Utilities – Solar Energy Generating Stations – Local Approval 2
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a certificate 3
of public convenience and necessity for a solar energy generating station unless the 4
Commission receives written approval for the construction of the generating station 5
from each county or municipal corporation where the generating station is proposed 6
to be located; and generally relating to solar energy generating stations. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – Public Utilities 9
Section 7–207(i) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Public Utilities 15
7–207. 16
(I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, THE COMMISSION 17
MAY NOT APPROVE A CE RTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECE SSITY FOR 18
A SOLAR ENERGY GENER ATING STATION UNLESS EACH COU NTY OR MUNICIPAL 19
CORPORATION WHERE AN Y PORTION OF THE GEN ERATING STATION IS P ROPOSED 20
TO BE LOCATED HAS GI VEN WRITTEN APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 21
GENERATING STATION T O THE COMMISSION. 22
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 23
October 1, 2025. 24 2 SENATE BILL 478