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SB 494

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Maryland Energy Administration - Energy and Water Efficiency Standards - Alterations

Sponsor: Senator PinskyCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsStatus: First Reading Environment and Transportation (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the application of certain testing, certification, and enforcement requirements for certain efficiency standards; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to review certain efficiency standards on or before January 1, 2023; prohibiting the sale, offering for sale, and installation of certain products in the State under certain circumstances beginning on a certain date; requiring the Administration to adopt regulations on efficiency standards for certain products on or before January 1, 2023; etc.

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Testimony (12)

MGA witness list
FAV 8FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVHoward, BryanACEEEOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDiMascio, MarianneAppliance Standards Awareness ProjectWritten (PDF)
FAVFixsen, ElizabethIndivisible Howard CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaMLC Climate Justice WingPosition only
FAVScarr, EmilylobbyistMaryland PIRGWritten (PDF)
FAVUrbanek, LaurenNatural Resources Defense CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVDavidson, JasonPool and Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Pinsky, Senator PinskylegislatorIndividualOral
FWACoffman, EricMaryland Energy AdministrationOral
FWAFahrig, LandonMaryland Energy AdministrationOral + Written (PDF)
FWABallentine, TomIndividualOral
FWAThompson, KyleIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVScarr, EmilyMaryland PIRGRegistered for: Maryland PIRG Citizen Lobby