2008 Regular Session
Utilities -see also- High Voltage Lines; Telephones; Water
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 58
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stukes, Burns, Conaway, Oaks, Riley, Robinson, Tarrant, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Electric Companies and Electricity Suppliers - Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Beidle
- Entitled
- Public Utility Companies - Employees - Notice and Identification
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Love
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Environmental Trust Fund - Uses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates McHale, Hecht, Mathias, Ali, Aumann, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, G. Clagett, Conway, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Elmore, Gilchrist, Haynes, Healey, Hixson, Howard, Hucker, James, Jones, Kaiser, Krebs, Lee, Love, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Rosenberg, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stein, Tarrant, F. Turner, Burns, Feldman, Haddaway, Harrison, Kirk, and Krysiak
- Entitled
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Feldman, Ali, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, G. Clagett, Conway, Doory, Dumais, Elmore, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Howard, Hucker, Jones, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, Mathias, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, Riley, Rosenberg, Shewell, Stein, Tarrant, Vaughn, Harrison, Kirk, Krysiak, and McHale
- Entitled
- EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Stein, Ali, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, Doory, Dumais, Haynes, Hecht, Hixson, Howard, Hucker, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, F. Turner, Burns, Feldman, Harrison, Kirk, Krysiak, and McHale
- Entitled
- Renewable Portfolio Standard Percentage Requirements - Acceleration
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelly, Bartlett, Beidle, Beitzel, Conaway, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Jennings, Kipke, McComas, McDonough, McKee, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Riley, Schuh, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stull, Weldon, Hecht, Manno, Mathias, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs and Services - Customer Notification and Report
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Carter, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, McIntosh, Oaks, Rosenberg, Stukes, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Underground Facilities - Determination of Marking - Initial Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McDonough, DeBoy, Elliott, Impallaria, and Minnick
- Entitled
- Energy Consumer Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barve, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Bobo, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, G. Clagett, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Simmons, Stein, Taylor, F. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Walker
- Entitled
- Global Warming Solutions - Reductions in Greenhouse Gases
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Feldman, McHale, and Miller
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Alternatives to Long-Term Electricity Generation Contracts and New Electricity Generation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate G. Clagett
- Entitled
- Property Tax - Electric Generating Facilities
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lafferty, Bromwell, DeBoy, Hucker, Malone, Mizeur, Niemann, Olszewski, and Schuler
- Entitled
- Public Utility Companies - Electric Companies - Tree Care Activities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County Energy Tax - WSSC PG/MC 115-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 934
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Maryland-Washington Regional District - Highways - Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic and Facilities PG/MC 108-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Harrison, and Kirk
- Entitled
- Electric Restructuring - Electricity Supply Services - Residential Customers and Small Commercial Customers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Davis, Haddaway, Hecht, King, Manno, Mathias, Miller, Minnick, Vaughn, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Tier 1 Renewable Source - Poultry Litter
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker, Glenn, and Haynes
- Entitled
- Transition Costs - Return to Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Customers - Condition of Approval to Construct a Nuclear Reactor
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McHale, Bobo, Conaway, Elliott, Hecht, Impallaria, Krebs, Krysiak, Lafferty, Lee, Love, Manno, Mathias, Morhaim, Robinson, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Vaughn, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Electric Restructuring - Purposes and Duties of the Public Service Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Davis
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Telecommunications Services - Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boteler, Aumann, George, Kach, McDonough, and Shewell
- Entitled
- Energy Companies - Net Energy Metering
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rudolph
- Entitled
- Public Utility Companies - Maryland Energy Generation Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Mizeur
- Entitled
- Maryland Smart Grid Initiative
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Barkley, Beidle, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Howard, Kaiser, Lafferty, Lee, Niemann, Schuler, Shank, Sossi, Stull, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Water Resources - Groundwater Appropriation or Use - Priority Funding Areas
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Service Commission)
- Entitled
- Electric Universal Service Program - Administration
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Service Commission)
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Electricity Supply - Distribution of Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Service Commission)
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Standard Offer Service Auctions - Disclosure of Bid Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Levy, Bohanan, Frush, Kullen, Murphy, and Wood
- Entitled
- Electricity Generation - Long-Term Contracts and Use of Consortium of Electric Companies to Build New Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Shewell
- Entitled
- Critical Infrastructure Protection Task Force
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McHale
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Regulation of Nuclear Decommissioning Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Carr
- Entitled
- Local Government - Street Lighting Equipment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Nuclear Decommissioning, Electric Industry Restructuring, and Acquisition and Financing Approvals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
SB 106
Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Environmental Trust Fund - Uses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Garagiola, Forehand, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Garagiola, Forehand, Frosh, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Renewable Portfolio Standard Percentage Requirements - Acceleration
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Pinsky, Garagiola, Forehand, Frosh, King, Lenett, Madaleno, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Maryland Energy Independence Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Brochin, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Harrington
- Entitled
- Global Warming Solutions - Reductions in Greenhouse Gases
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Electric Restructuring - Electricity Supply Services - Residential Customers and Small Commercial Customers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Tier 1 Renewable Source - Poultry Litter
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Della
- Entitled
- Electric Restructuring - Nuclear Reactor - Recovery of Decommissioning Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Edwards, Brinkley, Kittleman, Munson, and Pipkin
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs and Services - Customer Notification and Report
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh and McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Senators Conway and Jones
- Entitled
- Underground Facilities - Determination of Marking - Initial Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Constellation Energy Group, Inc., and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company - Return of Transition Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Electric and Gas Consumers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Della
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Assessment Resulting From Default of Payments From Financial Speculation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Della, Colburn, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Jones, King, Madaleno, Munson, Muse, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Electric Restructuring - Purposes and Duties of the Public Service Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 654
Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Frosh
- Entitled
- Public Utility Tree Management Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brinkley
- Entitled
- Water Resources - Groundwater Appropriation or Use - Priority Funding Areas
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Gas Companies and Electric Companies - Annual Reports
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Kasemeyer, and Brochin
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Notification of Tree Care Schedule and Review - Public Service Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brochin
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Removal or Clearing of Trees - Notice and Cease and Desist Order
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Simonaire
- Entitled
- Critical Infrastructure Protection Task Force
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Public Education - Bridge to Excellence - Video Lottery Terminals
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Astle, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Alternatives to Long-Term Electricity Generation Contracts and New Electricity Generation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Regulation of Nuclear Decommissioning Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 1012
Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Madaleno
- Entitled
- Local Government - Street Lighting Equipment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Nuclear Decommissioning, Electric Industry Restructuring, and Acquisition and Financing Approvals
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
