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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0950* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 950 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C5, M5 5lr2213 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 5lr3041 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senators West, Ready, Carozza, and Watson |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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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 | | Natural Gas Generating Facilities – Authorization 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing the construction, permitting, and operation of natural gas 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | generating facilities in the State until the State meets a certain percentage of its 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | energy needs from renewable energy resources; requiring the Maryland Energy 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Administration to work with the owners and operators of natural gas generating 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | facilities in the State to decrease the production of energy from natural gas after the 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State meets a certain percentage of its energy needs from renewable energy 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | resources; and generally relating to natural gas generating facilities. 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BY adding to 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Article – Public Utilities 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 7–218 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | |
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| 37 | 37 | | Article – Public Utilities 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7–218. 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LAW , AND SUBJECT TO 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SUBSECTION S (B) AND (C) OF THIS SECTION, NATURAL GAS GENERATING FACILITIES 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | MAY BE CONSTRUCTED , PERMITTED, AND OPERATED IN THE STATE UNTIL THE 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | STATE MEETS 50% OF ITS ENERGY NEEDS FROM RENEWABLE ENERG Y RESOURCES, 22 |
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| 45 | 45 | | INCLUDING NUCLEAR ENERGY . 23 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2 SENATE BILL 950 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (B) A PERSON CONSTRUCTING A NATURAL GAS GENERATING FACILITY 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | UNDER THIS SECTION MUST OBTAIN: 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) A CERTIFICATE OF PUB LIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY UNDER 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | § 7–207 OF THIS SUBTITLE ; OR 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (2) COMMISSION APPROVAL UNDER § 7–207.1 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (C) ONCE THE STATE MEETS 50% OF ITS ENERGY NEEDS FROM RENEWABLE 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ENERGY RESOURCES , INCLUDING NUCLEAR EN ERGY, THE MARYLAND ENERGY 7 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ADMINISTRATION SHALL WORK WITH THE OWNERS AND OPERA TORS OF NATURAL 8 |
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| 60 | 60 | | GAS GENERATING FACIL ITIES IN THE STATE TO DECREASE THE PRODUCTION OF 9 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ENERGY FROM NATURAL GAS GENERATING FACILITIES AT THE SAME RATE AS 10 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ENERGY PRODUCED FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY RES OURCES, INCLUDING NUCLEAR 11 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ENERGY, IS INCREASED. 12 |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 13 |
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| 66 | 66 | | October 1, 2025. 14 |
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