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Public Service Commission - Electricity Generation Facilities - Premature Retirement (Keep the Lights On Act)

Sponsor: Brian Chisholm (District 31)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain factors before authorizing or approving any agreement related to the premature retirement of an electricity generation facility; establishing a rebuttable presumption that an electricity generation facility should not be prematurely retired; and prohibiting the Commission from authorizing or approving an agreement related to the premature retirement of an electricity generation facility under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 21FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWilkinson, nanciCedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice MinistryPosition only
FAVPrice, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
FAVGallagher, GeorgeICQPosition only
FAVDOrazio, PeterYearPosition only
FAVArshavsky, SvetlanaIndividualPosition only
FAVDelegate Chisholm, Delegate ChisholmlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
FAVDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
FAVElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
FAVEverngam, R ScottIndividualOral
FAVFink, NeldaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKatz, JanetIndividualPosition only
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVPedersen, StacyIndividualPosition only
FAVSirkel, RobinIndividualPosition only
FAVThompson, ChuckIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVVernon, MichaelIndividualPosition only
FAVWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
FAVsirkel, jessIndividualPosition only
UNFFahrig, LandonMaryland Energy AdministrationWritten (PDF)
UNFWhite, Ruthwww.HoCoClimateAction.orgPosition only
FWAChisholm, BrianIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOTrotter, JoeAmerican Legislative Exchange CouncilOral
INFOHoover, FrederickMaryland PublicService CommissionWritten (PDF)
INFORaggio, DebraTalen EnergyWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record