HB 561

Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program

Sponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: First Reading Finance (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; establishing a certain Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; establishing a process by which, beginning on October 1, 2022, a certain county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a certain county to develop a plan and give notice of a certain aggregation plan; etc.

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Testimony (65)

MGA witness list

FAV 38FavorableUNF 25UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Hawkins, Lily	34 Organizations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pittman, Steuart	Anne Arundel County, County Executive	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hershkowitz, Steven	CCAN Action Fund	Position only
FAV	Hershkowitz, Steven	Chesapeake Climate Action Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Scott, Brandon	City of Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mitchell, Denise	Democratic Municipal Officials	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kallaher, Chris	Direct Energy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Medlock, Johnathan	District Heights Acting Mayor	Written (PDF)
FAV	Noveau, Barbara	Do the Most Good - Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Walsh, Jim	Food and Water Action	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Nguyen, Doris	Glen Echo Heights Mobilization	Written (PDF)
FAV	White, Ruth Alice	HoCo Climate Action	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sanders, David	Indivisible Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Makhijani, Arjun	Institute for Energy and Environmental Research	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kinnally, Kevin	MACo	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kinally, Kevin	Maryland Association of Counties	Position only
FAV	White, Marcelinelobbyist	Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rai, Leena	Maryland High School Democrats of America	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jorch, Bill	Maryland Municipal League	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Scarr, Emilylobbyist	Maryland PIRG	Written (PDF)
FAV	Burcat, Bruce	MidAtlantic Renewable Energy Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Samman, Amy	MoCo	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elrich, Marc	MoCo county executive	Position only
FAV	Wilkinson, Nanci	Montgomery County Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elrich, Marc	Montgomery County, County Executive	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Allsup, Jacqueline	NAACP	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Skulnik, Gary	Neighborhood Sun	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kemerer, Hannibal	Office of the Attorney General	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ivey, Jolene	Prince George's County Councilmember	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sitaraman, Nicole	Sunrun	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Takoma Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	Takoma Park Mobilization	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carey, Lenford C.	Town of University Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	wojahn, patrick	city of college park	Written (PDF)
FAV	lesher, sarah	self	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Charkoudian, Delegate Charkoudianlegislator	Individual	Position only
UNF	Pino, William	BGE	Position only
UNF	Washington, Charleslobbyist	BGE	Written (PDF)
UNF	Washington, Charleslobbyist	BGE	Position only
UNF	Campbell, Laellobbyist	Exelon	Written (PDF)
UNF	Grealy, Anne	First Energy	Written (PDF)
UNF	Estepp, Jim	Greater Prince Georges Business Roundtable	Written (PDF)
UNF	Estepp, Jim	Greater Prince Georges Business Roundtable	Position only
UNF	Quiroga, Nicole	Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rose, Angela	Harford Chamber County of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lanier, Ivanlobbyist	Harford Chamber of Commerce	Position only
UNF	Griffin, Andrewlobbyist	Maryland Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Swanson, Tricia	Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce	Position only
UNF	Gibbons, Leahlobbyist	NRG, Inc.	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lindner, Annelobbyist	Pepco	Position only
UNF	Lindner, Annelobbyist	Pepco and Delmarva Power	Position only
UNF	Kress, Williamlobbyist	RESA	Position only
UNF	Italiano, Ginanne	The Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Smith, Brian	WGL Energy	Written (PDF)
UNF	Smith, Brian	WGL Energy	Position only
UNF	price, sarahlobbyist	md rerailers assoc	Written (PDF)
UNF	Fiastro, Johnlobbyist	Individual	Position only
UNF	LoVecchio, steve	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

34 OrganizationsFAV 1

Anne Arundel County, County ExecutiveFAV 1

BGEUNF 3

CCAN Action FundFAV 1

Chesapeake Climate Action NetworkFAV 1

City of BaltimoreFAV 1

city of college parkFAV 1

Democratic Municipal OfficialsFAV 1

Direct EnergyFAV 1

District Heights Acting MayorFAV 1

Do the Most Good - Montgomery CountyFAV 1

ExelonUNF 1

First EnergyUNF 1

Food and Water ActionFAV 1

Glen Echo Heights MobilizationFAV 1

Greater Prince Georges Business RoundtableUNF 2

Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Harford Chamber County of CommerceUNF 1

Harford Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

HoCo Climate ActionFAV 1

Indivisible Howard CountyFAV 1

Institute for Energy and Environmental ResearchFAV 1

MACoFAV 1

Maryland Association of CountiesFAV 1

Maryland Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Maryland Consumer Rights CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland High School Democrats of AmericaFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 1

Maryland PIRGFAV 1

md rerailers assocUNF 1

MidAtlantic Renewable Energy CoalitionFAV 1

MoCoFAV 1

MoCo county executiveFAV 1

Montgomery County Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Montgomery County Faith Alliance for Climate SolutionsFAV 1

Montgomery County, County ExecutiveFAV 1

NAACPFAV 1

Neighborhood SunFAV 1

NRG, Inc.UNF 1

office of people's counselINFO 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralFAV 1

PepcoUNF 1

Pepco and Delmarva PowerUNF 1

Prince George's County CouncilmemberFAV 1

Public Service CommissionINFO 1

RESAUNF 1

selfFAV 1

Sierra ClubFAV 1

SunrunFAV 1

Takoma ParkFAV 1

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

The Greater Bethesda Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Town of University ParkFAV 1

WGL EnergyUNF 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWhite, MarcelineMaryland Consumer Rights CoalitionRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland; Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition

FAVScarr, EmilyMaryland PIRGRegistered for: Maryland PIRG Citizen Lobby

FAVTulkin, JoshSierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

FAVwilkerson, AliceTakoma ParkRegistered for: Advance Maryland

UNFWashington, CharlesBGERegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

UNFCampbell, LaelExelonRegistered for: Constellation Energy Generation, LLC

UNFLanier, IvanHarford Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Pepco Holdings, LLC.; Pepco Holdings, Inc.

UNFGriffin, AndrewMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Subcontractors Association of Baltimore; Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park; Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland; Experience Prince George's; Howard County Chamber of Commerce…

UNFGibbons, LeahNRG, Inc.Registered for: NRG Energy, Inc.

UNFLindner, AnnePepcoRegistered for: Pepco Holdings, Inc.

UNFLindner, AnnePepco and Delmarva PowerRegistered for: Pepco Holdings, Inc.

UNFKress, WilliamRESARegistered for: Alliance for Automotive Innovation; Amazon.com Services, LLC; Apple Inc.; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Centers for Better Insurance, LLC; Coalition of Maryland Title Insurers…

UNFprice, sarahmd rerailers assocRegistered for: Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association

UNFFiastro, JohnRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; Bayview Management LLC; Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 MD, VA & DC; Building Decarbonization Coalition; Carbon Solutions Group; Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.…

UNFfrancis, frannRegistered for: Apartment & Office Building Association; AOBA

INFOSmith, LisaPublic Service CommissionRegistered for: Ameresco; American Massage Therapy Association - MD Chapter; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; NextEra Energy Resources, LLC; Othram; RWE Americas Services, LLC…