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Public Utilities – Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (District 10)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a person from being required to obtain a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity until a certain condition is met; etc.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list
FAV 12FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVVillasenor, ErnestolobbyistCCANOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBartlett, MD, AlfredChesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility (CPSR)Written (PDF)
FAVDutta, RobinChesapeake Solar and Storage AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVGaragiola, RobCompass AdvocacyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
FAVSpringer, JakeNexampOral
FAVWagner, AnnieOneEnergy RenewablesWritten (PDF)
FAVMeredith, LeahSolar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)Written (PDF)
FAVBeugelmans, DavidlobbyistIndividualOral
FAVElder, LeslieIndividualOral
FAVHance, RosalobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Brooks, Senator BrookslegislatorIndividualOral
UNFButchko, DominicMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFMoredock, AmyQueen Anne's County GovernmentOral + Written (PDF)
FWAGramp, KathleenAdvocates for Herring BayWritten (PDF)
FWABrooks, BenjaminIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOBehler, DylanMaryland Department of Natural ResourcesWritten (PDF)
INFOChy, DavidMaryland Public Service CommissionOral
INFOHoover, FrederickMaryland PublicService CommissionWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVVillasenor, ErnestoCCANRegistered for: Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund
FAVBeugelmans, DavidRegistered for: Coalition for Community Solar Access, Inc.; ECA Solar; CI Renewables; Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition Action (MAREC Action); Solar Landscape; Maryland Water Service, Inc.
FAVHance, RosaRegistered for: Enhanced Impact LLC; Potomac Riverkeeper Network; Sierra Club Maryland Chapter; Advanced Energy United; American Whitewater; Waterkeepers Chesapeake