2010 Regular Session
Utilities -see also- High Voltage Lines; Telephones; Water
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 72
- Sponsored By
- Delegate V. Turner
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Termination of Electric or Gas Service - Notice
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police)
- Entitled
- State Fire Marshal - Nongovernmental Electrical Inspectors
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carr, Ali, Barkley, Beidle, Bronrott, Frush, Healey, Hecht, Howard, Hucker, Jameson, Kaiser, Levy, Love, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy, Reznik, Shewell, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Marilyn J. Praisner Safe and Earth-Friendly Roadway Act
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stein, Cardin, Glenn, Lafferty, Morhaim, Olszewski, and Weir
- Entitled
- Telephone Companies - Distribution of Telephone Directories - Customer Opt Out
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Manno, Elmore, Hecht, Bartlett, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, Doory, Levy, Love, Morhaim, Niemann, Reznik, Shewell, and Stein
- Entitled
- Off-Shore Wind Generation - Qualified Submerged Renewable Energy Lines
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hecht, Manno, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, DeBoy, Doory, Love, Morhaim, Niemann, Reznik, Ross, Shewell, and Stein
- Entitled
- Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Solar Energy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Manno and Hecht
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Report on the State's Long-Term Energy Needs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
HB 579
Status as of April 12, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Customer Notices PG/MC 104-10
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Barkley, Harrison, Kirk, and Krysiak
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Competitive Electricity and Gas Supplier Referral Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Barkley, Bartlett, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, G. Clagett, Doory, Feldman, Frick, George, Glenn, Holmes, Krysiak, Lee, Love, Manno, Mathias, McHale, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, and Riley
- Entitled
- Energy Companies - Net Energy Metering - Payment for Accrued Generation Credit
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Carr
- Entitled
- Roadway Lighting - Expressways and Controlled Access Highways - Lighting Curfew and Tariffs
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Carter, Hammen, McHale, and Oaks
- Entitled
- Electricity - Competitive Supply - Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lee, Barkley, Boteler, Bronrott, DeBoy, Dumais, Eckardt, Frick, Glenn, Gutierrez, Healey, Hecht, Howard, Impallaria, Kipke, Kramer, Kullen, Manno, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Shewell, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Crimes - Unauthorized Computer Access for Sabotage of State Government, Public Utilities, or Other Energy Infrastructure
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McHale, Hecht, Bartlett, Hammen, Krysiak, Barkley, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, G. Clagett, Doory, Feldman, Frick, George, Glenn, Holmes, Lee, Love, Manno, Mathias, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Stull, Burns, Braveboy, Davis, Haddaway, Harrison, Impallaria, Jameson, King, Minnick, Rudolph, Taylor, Vaughn, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Electricity - Net Energy Metering - Credits
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McHale
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Cost Reimbursement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barkley, King, McHale, Taylor, Vaughn, Braveboy, Burns, Davis, Feldman, Haddaway, Harrison, Hecht, Impallaria, Jameson, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Manno, Mathias, Miller, Minnick, Rudolph, Stifler, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Net Energy Metering - Fuel Cell
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Bobo, Bohanan, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, V. Clagett, Eckardt, Frush, Hecht, Hucker, Jameson, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Levy, Love, Morhaim, Niemann, O'Donnell, Ross, Schuh, Sossi, Stein, Taylor, and Wood
- Entitled
- Biomass and Biofuels - In-State Production Incentives
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates George, Barkley, Elmore, Haddaway, Hecht, Impallaria, King, Love, Mathias, McHale, Minnick, Shewell, Jameson, Manno, Rudolph, Taylor, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Energy Companies - Net Energy Metering Credit Transfers - Municipalities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kramer, Conaway, Ivey, McConkey, Montgomery, Ramirez, Shank, Simmons, Smigiel, Hecht, Manno, Mathias, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Telephone Bills - Third-Party Vendor Billing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates George, Elmore, Haddaway, Hecht, Impallaria, King, Love, McHale, Minnick, and Shewell
- Entitled
- Energy Companies - Net Energy Metering - Credit Transfers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Bohanan, Burns, Cardin, Carr, Guzzone, Harrison, Hucker, Ivey, Kelly, King, Lafferty, Levi, Manno, Mathias, McHale, Mizeur, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Stein, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Telephone Companies - Acquisitions and Franchises
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Ali, Bronrott, Carr, Frush, Manno, Morhaim, and Stein
- Entitled
- Public and Commercial Buildings - Energy Benchmarking and Disclosure
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Beitzel
- Entitled
- Wind-Powered Electric Generating Facilities - Decommissioning and Restoration - Surcharge, Bond, or Other Security, and Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Shank
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Residential Rates
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Davis
- Entitled
- Residential Multiple Occupancy Buildings - Master Meters - Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bartlett, Cane, Elmore, Frick, Hecht, Kipke, Krebs, McHale, Sossi, Stull, Barkley, Feldman, Haddaway, Impallaria, Manno, Mathias, Miller, Rudolph, Stifler, Taylor, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Agricultural and Net Energy Metering Production Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker, Bobo, Bronrott, Frush, Hecht, Hubbard, Lafferty, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Long-Term Power Purchasing Agreements - Renewable Energy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Taylor, Ali, Conaway, and Hucker
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Information on Customer Choice
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Vaughn, Branch, Davis, McHale, Tarrant, and Walker
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Gas and Electric Service - Alternative Payment Agreements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Davis
- Entitled
- Underground Facilities - Damage Prevention
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McIntosh, Bronrott, Cane, Carr, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Hecht, Hucker, Kaiser, Lafferty, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, and Stein
- Entitled
- Residential Home Sales - Disclosure of Utility Consumption
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Davis
- Entitled
- Electric Companies and Gas Companies - Customer Account Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Rosenberg, Davis, Feldman, Haddaway, Krysiak, Manno, McHale, Rudolph, Taylor, Carter, Hammen, Oaks, Barkley, Braveboy, Burns, King, Mathias, Minnick, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Customer Education on Customer Choice
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bartlett and Haddaway
- Entitled
- Renewable Energy - Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hecht
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard for Solar Energy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hecht
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Overhead Transmission Lines - Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hecht
- Entitled
- Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renewable Energy Credits - Solar Water Heating Systems
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
HB 1549
Status as of March 11, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann and Carr
- Entitled
- Local Government - Street Lighting Equipment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mooney
- Entitled
- Energy Companies - Net Energy Metering - Credit Transfers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mooney
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Net Energy Metering
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)
- Entitled
- Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Dorchester County - Electric Transmission Privilege Tax
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Edwards
- Entitled
- Wind-Powered Electric Generating Facilities - Decommissioning and Restoration - Surcharge, Bond, or Other Security, and Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)
- Entitled
- Public Utilities and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Cross-References
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Garagiola, Forehand, Frosh, Harrington, King, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Solar Energy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Klausmeier, Forehand, Harrington, King, Madaleno, McFadden, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Off-Shore Wind Generation - Qualified Submerged Renewable Energy Lines
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Della, Frosh, Harrington, Pipkin, Raskin, Rosapepe, Middleton, Garagiola, Exum, and Mooney
- Entitled
- Electricity - Net Energy Metering - Credits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, Exum, Garagiola, Harrington, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Marilyn J. Praisner Safe and Earth-Friendly Roadway Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Astle, Exum, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Net Energy Metering - Fuel Cell
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mooney
- Entitled
- Energy Companies - Net Energy Metering - Credit Transfers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Haines, Klausmeier, Peters, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Residential Multiple Occupancy Buildings - Master Meters - Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Services
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Frosh, Harrington, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Long-Term Power Purchasing Agreements - Renewable Energy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Colburn, DeGrange, Garagiola, Kelley, Kramer, Lenett, and Madaleno
- Entitled
- Biomass and Biofuels - In-State Production Incentives
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Currie, and Harrington
- Entitled
- Telephone Companies - Distribution of Telephone Directories - Customer Opt Out
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Currie, Forehand, Harrington, Jones, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Raskin, and Exum
- Entitled
- Telephone Bills - Third-Party Vendor Billing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Competitive Electricity and Gas Supplier Referral Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Della, Exum, Harrington, Kelley, Lenett, Pinsky, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Telephone Companies - Acquisitions and Franchises
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett, Della, Harrington, King, Madaleno, Pugh, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Public and Commercial Buildings - Energy Benchmarking and Disclosure
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Frosh, Kelley, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Cost Reimbursement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Astle, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Electric Companies and Gas Companies - Customer Account Information
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Ratepayer Relief Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin, Brochin, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Frosh, Harrington, Jones, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Rosapepe, Stone, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Electricity Market - Goal of the State - Best Possible Price for Ratepayers Through Reregulation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Utility Consumer Protection Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Comprehensive Energy Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Astle, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Klausmeier, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Underground Facilities - Damage Prevention
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Forehand, Harrington, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Madaleno, McFadden, and Muse
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Customer Education on Customer Choice
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Currie, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Harrington, Harris, Jones, Kelley, King, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Residential Home Sales - Disclosure of Utility Consumption
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Astle, Della, Exum, Madaleno, Munson, Pinsky, Pipkin, Pugh, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Gas and Electric Service - Alternative Payment Agreements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney and Brinkley
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Restriction on the Construction of Overhead Transmission Lines
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Public Utility Companies - Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Programs - Review of Competitive Selection Procedures
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renewable Energy Credits - Solar Water Heating Systems
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard for Solar Energy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
