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Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act)

Sponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/16 at 10:00 a.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring that any gas service newly installed at an occupied structure may have a gas service regulator installed only outside the structure; requiring an existing interior gas service regulator in a multifamily residential structure to be relocated outside whenever a gas service line or regulator is replaced; requiring a gas company, on or before January 1, 2021, to file a plan with the Public service Commission to relocate any gas service regulator that provides service to a multifamily residential structure; etc.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list
FAV 11FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 4Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMartinez, AnaCASAOral + Written (PDF)
FAVROTH, johnieMSFAWritten (PDF)
FAVReilly, James VMaryland Metro Chiefs Fire Marshal CommitteeWritten (PDF)
FAVGreenfield, AaronlobbyistMaryland Multi-Housing AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVRoth, JohnieMaryland State Firemen's AssociationPosition only
FAVElrich, MarcMoCoWritten (PDF)
FAVCharlouis-Prospere, FeliciaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Charkoudian, Delegate CharkoudianlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Charkoudian, Delegate CharkoudianlegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAVbradley, erinlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVmelillo, clarkIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFBallentine, TomNAIOPWritten (PDF)
FWASmith, BrianWashington GasWritten (PDF)
FWASmith, BrianWashington GasWritten (PDF)
FWAWashington, CharleslobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOBorkoski, JohnPublic Service CommissionOral + Written (PDF)
INFOcarmody, paulaoffice of people's counselWritten (PDF)
INFOClementson, JohnIndividualOral
INFOSmith, LisalobbyistIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGreenfield, AaronMaryland Multi-Housing AssociationRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake
FAVbradley, erinRegistered for: Planned Parenthood of Maryland
FWAWashington, CharlesRegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
INFOSmith, LisaRegistered for: Ameresco; American Massage Therapy Association - MD Chapter; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; NextEra Energy Resources, LLC; Othram; RWE Americas Services, LLC