HB 1083

County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act

Sponsor: Julie Palakovich Carr (District 17)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Local Government - GenerallyStatus: Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a certain county or municipality to convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, acquire certain street lighting equipment by purchase or condemnation, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and request that an electric company remove certain street lighting equipment in the county's or municipality's jurisdiction; authorizing certain street lighting disputes to be submitted to the Public Service Commission for resolution; etc.

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Testimony (25)

MGA witness list

FAV 20FavorableUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	M Douglas, Davonte	Chesapeake Climate Action Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Myers, Carrie	City of Brunswick	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wojahn, Patrick	City of College Park, MD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lonergan-Seeger, Tom	City of Gaithersburg	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lynch, Meghan	Howard County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Masters, Timothy	MWCOG	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carr, Al	Maryland General Assembly	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jorch, Bill	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wenger, Melanie	Montgomery County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alsobrooks, Angela	Prince George's County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Boa, Elizabeth	TOWN OF GLEN ECHO	Written (PDF)
FAV	Friesen, Melanie	Town of Berwyn Heights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mulligan, Jennifer	Town of Chestertown	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hill-Zayat, Bridget	Town of Kensington	Oral
FAV	Marini, Alex	Town of Kensington	Written (PDF)
FAV	Compton, John	Town of Washington Grove	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Peterson, Dana	Village of North Chevy Chase	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Carr, Delegate Carrlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tarlau, Jimmylobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Black, Allysonlobbyist	Baltimore Gas & Electric	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lanzarotto, Katie	Pepco and Delmarva Power	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Lipari, Paul	Pepco and Delmarva Power	Oral
UNF	Mayhew, Kim	Perry White Ross & Jacobson	Written (PDF)
INFO	Stanek, Jason	MD. Public Service Commission	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore Gas & ElectricUNF 1

Chesapeake Climate Action NetworkFAV 1

City of BrunswickFAV 1

City of College Park, MDFAV 1

City of GaithersburgFAV 1

Howard County GovernmentFAV 1

Maryland General AssemblyFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 1

MD. Public Service CommissionINFO 1

Montgomery County GovernmentFAV 1

MWCOGFAV 1

Pepco and Delmarva PowerUNF 2

Perry White Ross & JacobsonUNF 1

Prince George's County ExecutiveFAV 1

Town of Berwyn HeightsFAV 1

Town of ChestertownFAV 1

TOWN OF GLEN ECHOFAV 1

Town of KensingtonFAV 2

Town of Washington GroveFAV 1

Village of North Chevy ChaseFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTarlau, JimmyRegistered for: Communications Workers of America; Communities United; Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition; Prince George's County Council…

UNFBlack, AllysonBaltimore Gas & ElectricRegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company