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HB 258

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Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program

Sponsor: Lily Qi (District 15)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program within the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating system and providing grants to eligible customer-generators for certain solar energy generating systems; authorizing a third party to apply for a grant on behalf of an eligible customer-generator under certain circumstances; and providing for the funding of Program grants from certain compliance fee and allowance proceeds in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 23FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVVillasenor, ErnestolobbyistCCANWritten (PDF)
FAVDutta, RobinChesapeake Solar and Storage AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCulley, ThadeusChesapeake Solar and Storage Association / SunrunOral
FAVMcGilvray, LaurieClimate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
FAVAssael, JakeGoodLeap / Maryland Rooftop Solar CoalitionOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWhite, JoshlobbyistKO Public AffairsOral
FAVHarbeson, KristenlobbyistMaryland League of Conservation VotersWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVScarr, EmilylobbyistMaryland PIRGPosition only
FAVMerrick, EdMaryland Rooftop Solar Coalition (MRSC)Written (PDF)
FAVFitzgerald, GarrettMontgomery County Department of Environmental ProtectionWritten (PDF)
FAVWallace, KylePosiGenWritten (PDF)
FAVElaine, ArndtSELFPosition only
FAVShriner, MariahlobbyistSierra Club Maryland ChapterWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVAlexander, PeterIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVArndt, DaveIndividualPosition only
FAVBuckler, LaurenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCohn, DebbieIndividualPosition only
FAVDelegate Qi, Delegate QilegislatorIndividualOral
FAVFarrell, ChelseaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFeldmark, JoshualobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
UNFMauer, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FWASchwartz, EvieMaryland Energy AdministrationOral + Written (PDF)
FWARosales, MarianalobbyistThe Nature ConservancyWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVVillasenor, ErnestoCCANRegistered for: Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund
FAVWhite, JoshKO Public AffairsRegistered for: Definium Therapeutics US, Inc.; Glaxo Smith Kline; IWP (Injured Workers Pharmacy); Maryland Legal Aid; Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Association; Mobile Voting Project
FAVHarbeson, KristenMaryland League of Conservation VotersRegistered for: Maryland League of Conservation Voters
FAVScarr, EmilyMaryland PIRGRegistered for: Maryland PIRG Citizen Lobby
FAVShriner, MariahSierra Club Maryland ChapterRegistered for:
FAVFeldmark, JoshuaRegistered for: 38 Degrees North; Advanced Energy United; Alliance of Maryland Dental Plans; Allstate Insurance Company; America's Health Insurance Plans; American Council of Life Insurers
FWARosales, MarianaThe Nature ConservancyRegistered for: Nature Conservancy, The