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HB 1390

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Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures

Sponsor: Delegate BrooksCommittee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to require the Department of Natural Resources within 60 days of the filing of a certain application with the Public Service Commission to complete a certain independent environmental and socioeconomic project assessment report and any other additional required study; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources and the Secretary of the Environment to forward certain information to the Public Service Commission in accordance with a certain procedural schedule adopted by the Commission; etc.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableUNF 6UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCampbell, RebeccaFirst SolarWritten (PDF)
FAVBeugelmans, DavidlobbyistGordon FeinblattOral
FAVMeyer, IsaacMARECWritten (PDF)
FAVMeyer, IsaacMARECOral
FAVPopham, BrysonlobbyistMDV-SEIAOral
FAVGilchrist, RyanOrstedOral
FAVTashakkori, CyrusUSSECOral
FAVTashakkori, CyrusUSSECWritten (PDF)
FAVCrawford, JamesUrban Grid SolarWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Brooks, Delegate BrookslegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFWashington, CharleslobbyistBGEWritten (PDF)
UNFFreeman, KathleenCaroline CountyPosition only
UNFKnapp, LesMACoOral + Written (PDF)
UNFFerguson, ColbyMaryland Farm BureauWritten (PDF)
UNFLanier, IvanlobbyistPepco and Delmarva PowerWritten (PDF)
UNFFalstad, JayIndividualOral
INFOMckitrick, JamesDepartment of Natural ResourcesWritten (PDF)
INFOABBOTT, TYLERMDEWritten (PDF)
INFOStanek, JasonPublic Service CommissionWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBeugelmans, DavidGordon FeinblattRegistered for: Coalition for Community Solar Access, Inc.; ECA Solar; CI Renewables; Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition Action (MAREC Action); Solar Landscape; Maryland Water Service, Inc.
FAVPopham, BrysonMDV-SEIARegistered for: Agency Insurance Company of Maryland; Agency Services, Inc.; Army Alliance; Bryson F. Popham P.A.; Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Baltimore (BOMA); CVS Health
UNFWashington, CharlesBGERegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
UNFLanier, IvanPepco and Delmarva PowerRegistered for: Pepco Holdings, LLC.; Pepco Holdings, Inc.