SB 315

Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy

Sponsor: Pamela Beidle (District 32)Committee: FinanceSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (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; repealing a provision that prohibits a county or municipal corporation from acting as an aggregator under certain circumstances; establishing a process by which, beginning October 1, 2021, a county or municipal corporation or group of counties or municipal corporations may form or join a community choice aggregator; etc.

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Testimony (58)

MGA witness list

FAV 37FavorableUNF 19UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Baron, Pete	Anne Arundel County	Position only
FAV	Pittman, Steuart	Anne Arundel County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Scott, Brandon	Baltimore City Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Byrne, Julia	Baltimore County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hershkowitz, Steven	CCAN	Position only
FAV	Hershkowitz, Steven	CCAN Action Fund	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dyballa, Cindy	City of Takoma Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kallaher, Chris	Direct Energy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Noveau, Barbara	Do The Most Good	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hawkins, Lily	Food and Water Watch	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Feighner, Liz	HoCo Climate Action	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schaible, Danny	Hyattsville City Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sanders, David	Indivisible Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Makhijani, Arjun	Institute for Energy and Environmental Research	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Progressive Caucus, Lower Shore	LSPC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Butler, Alex	MACo	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkinson, Nanci	MCFAS	Written (PDF)
FAV	White, Marcelinelobbyist	MCRC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Mitchell, Denise	MD Democratic Municipal Officials	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jorch, Bill	MML	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jorch, Bill	MML	Position only
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Scarr, Emilylobbyist	Maryland PIRG	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	Maryland Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Samman, Amy	MoCo	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ortiz, Adam	MoCo dept. environmental protection	Oral
FAV	Blockstein, David	Moco Clean Energy Workgroup	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ortiz, Adam	Montgomery County	Position only
FAV	Little, Kobi	NAACP	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kemerer, Hannibal	Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ivey, Jolene	Prince George's County Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diane	Takoma Park Mobilization	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wojahn, Patrick	city of college park	Written (PDF)
FAV	Eckel, Rianna	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hodges, Rosemary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kurtz, Michelle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Beidle, Senator Beidlelegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Washington, Charleslobbyist	BGE	Position only
UNF	Washington, Charleslobbyist	BGE	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Italiano, Ginanne	Bethesda Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Campbell, Laellobbyist	Exelon	Written (PDF)
UNF	Grealy, Anne	First Energy	Written (PDF)
UNF	Quiroga, Nicole	GWHCC	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Griffin, Andrewlobbyist	MD Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Swanson, Tricia	Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Fiastro, Johnlobbyist	NRG	Position only
UNF	Fiastro, Johnlobbyist	NRG	Position only
UNF	Lininger, Brettlobbyist	NRG	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Lanier, Ivanlobbyist	Pepco and Delmarva Power	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lindner, Annelobbyist	Pepco and Delmarva Power	Position only
UNF	Kress, Bill	RESA	Position only
UNF	Smith, Brian	WGL Energy	Written (PDF)
UNF	Caldwell, Excetral	aoba	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Farmer, David	grady management	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lovecchio, Steve	kay apartment	Written (PDF)
UNF	Culham, Nancy	southern mgmt	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Fields, William	Office of People's Counsel	Written (PDF)
INFO	Stanek, Jason	Public Service Commission	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Anne Arundel CountyFAV 1

Anne Arundel County ExecutiveFAV 1

aobaUNF 1

Baltimore City CouncilFAV 1

Baltimore CountyFAV 1

Bethesda Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

BGEUNF 2

CCANFAV 1

CCAN Action FundFAV 1

city of college parkFAV 1

City of Takoma ParkFAV 1

Direct EnergyFAV 1

Do The Most GoodFAV 1

ExelonUNF 1

First EnergyUNF 1

Food and Water WatchFAV 1

grady managementUNF 1

GWHCCUNF 1

HoCo Climate ActionFAV 1

Hyattsville City CouncilFAV 1

Indivisible Howard CountyFAV 1

Institute for Energy and Environmental ResearchFAV 1

kay apartmentUNF 1

LSPCFAV 1

MACoFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland PIRGFAV 1

Maryland Sierra ClubFAV 1

MCFASFAV 1

MCRCFAV 1

MD Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

MD Democratic Municipal OfficialsFAV 1

MMLFAV 2

MoCoFAV 1

Moco Clean Energy WorkgroupFAV 1

MoCo dept. environmental protectionFAV 1

Montgomery CountyFAV 1

Montgomery County Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

NAACPFAV 1

NRGUNF 3

Office of People's CounselINFO 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralFAV 1

Pepco and Delmarva PowerUNF 2

Prince George's County CouncilFAV 1

Public Service CommissionINFO 1

RESAUNF 1

southern mgmtUNF 1

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

WGL EnergyUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

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

FAVScarr, EmilyMaryland PIRGRegistered for: Maryland PIRG Citizen Lobby

FAVTulkin, JoshMaryland Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

UNFWashington, CharlesBGERegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

UNFCampbell, LaelExelonRegistered for: Constellation Energy Generation, LLC

UNFGriffin, AndrewMD 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…

UNFFiastro, JohnNRGRegistered 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.…

UNFLininger, BrettNRGRegistered for: Aflac (American Family Life Assurance Company); Amazon.com Services, LLC; American International Group; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Brookfield Power US Asset Management LLC; Centers for Better Insurance, LLC…

UNFLanier, IvanPepco and Delmarva PowerRegistered for: Pepco Holdings, LLC.; Pepco Holdings, Inc.

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