HB 121

Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act)

Sponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring an electric company, other than a municipal electric utility, by February 1 each year, to submit a report to the Public Service Commission regarding each recorded vote cast by the electric company and any of its State affiliates at a meeting of a regional transmission organization.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 35FavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Mettle, Katie	Advanced Energy United	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Coronado Flores, Jose	CASA	Position only
FAV	Baker, Brittanylobbyist	Chesapeake Climate Action Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Summers, Clara	Citizens Utility Board of Illinois	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Demiray, Sonia	Climate Communications Coalition	Position only
FAV	McGilvray, Laurie	Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Position only
FAV	Gallagher, Zoelobbyist	Economic Action Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Feighner, Liz	HoCo Climate Action	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Virginia	Indivisible HoCo Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Feighner, Liz	Liz Feighner, self	Position only
FAV	Fahrig, Landon	Maryland Energy Administration	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rehr, Rebeccalobbyist	Maryland League of Conservation Voters	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kranz, Rhonda	Maryland Legislative Coalition Climate Justice Wing	Position only
FAV	Scarr, Emilylobbyist	Maryland PIRG	Position only
FAV	Fitzgerald, Garrett	Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lapp, David	Office of People's Counsel	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Shriner, Mariahlobbyist	Sierra Club Maryland Chapter	Written (PDF)
FAV	Otterbein, Angelo	Sparks-Glencoe Community Planning Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Black, Stephen	Sugarloaf Alliance	Position only
FAV	Hoefner, Ferd	Takoma Park Presbyterian Church	Position only
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Hamidi, Renee	Valleys Planning Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	Chalmers, Alice	Individual	Position only
FAV	Charkoudian, Lorig	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cohn, Debbie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Charkoudian, Delegate Charkoudianlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Kranz, Rhonda	Individual	Position only
FAV	Law, Elizabeth	Individual	Position only
FAV	Molony, Scott	Individual	Position only
FAV	Schulze, Glen	Individual	Position only
INFO	Reed, Dytonialobbyist	BGE	Written (PDF)