SB 376

County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act

Sponsor: Senator LeeCommittee: FinanceSubject: Local Government - GenerallyStatus: Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (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 (33)

MGA witness list

FAV 23FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Douglas, Davonte	CCAN Action Fund	Written (PDF)
FAV	Myers, Carrie	City of Brunswick	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lonergan-Seeger, Tom	City of Gaithersburg	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	City of Rockville	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lynch, Meghan	Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jorch, Bill	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FAV	Masters, Tim	Metro Washington Council of Governments	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wenger, Melanie	Montgomery County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hessler, Thereselobbyist	PG Co Municipal Assoc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Boa, Elizabeth	TOWN OF GLEN ECHO	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gaskill, Bill	Town of Brookville	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ingersoll, Bill	Town of Chestertown	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sparacino, Julie	Town of Chevy Chase View	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Todd	Town of Chevy Chase, Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gabriel, Brittany	Town of Cottage City	Written (PDF)
FAV	Orendorf, Lisa	Town of Denton	Written (PDF)
FAV	Barnes, Rod	Town of Edmonston	Written (PDF)
FAV	Matthews, Barbara	Town of Garrett Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Matthew	Town of Kensington	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bupp, Cathy	Town of Poolesville	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cosentini, Joe	Town of Sykesville	Written (PDF)
FAV	Theis, Susan	Village of North Chevy Chase	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Lee, Senator Leelegislator	Individual	Oral
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)
FWA	Davis-Cook, Shana	Chevy Chase Village	Written (PDF)
FWA	Woodbury, George	Senator Lee and Delegate Carr	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Quesada, Virginia	Town of Washington Grove	Written (PDF)
FWA	Lee, Susan	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Stanek, Jason	MD. Public Service Commission	Written (PDF)
INFO	Knoll, Molly	Maryland PSC	Oral

Organizations on record

Baltimore Gas & ElectricUNF 1

CCAN Action FundFAV 1

Chevy Chase VillageFWA 1

City of BrunswickFAV 1

City of GaithersburgFAV 1

City of RockvilleFAV 1

Howard CountyFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 1

Maryland PSCINFO 1

MD. Public Service CommissionINFO 1

Metro Washington Council of GovernmentsFAV 1

Montgomery County GovernmentFAV 1

Pepco and Delmarva PowerUNF 2

Perry White Ross & JacobsonUNF 1

PG Co Municipal AssocFAV 1

Senator Lee and Delegate CarrFWA 1

Town of BrookvilleFAV 1

Town of ChestertownFAV 1

Town of Chevy Chase ViewFAV 1

Town of Chevy Chase, MarylandFAV 1

Town of Cottage CityFAV 1

Town of DentonFAV 1

Town of EdmonstonFAV 1

Town of Garrett ParkFAV 1

TOWN OF GLEN ECHOFAV 1

Town of KensingtonFAV 1

Town of PoolesvilleFAV 1

Town of SykesvilleFAV 1

Town of Washington GroveFWA 1

Village of North Chevy ChaseFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHessler, TheresePG Co Municipal AssocRegistered for: City of Gaithersburg; Elevate Recovery Centers; Evolve Kids Care; Evolve Life Centers; High Roller Technologies; Laila's Gift…

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