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HB 640

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Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity – Overhead Transmission Lines – Conservation Easements

Sponsor: Michele Guyton (District 42B)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider the impact of the development of overhead transmission lines on certain properties subject to an existing conservation easement in certain proceedings for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; and requiring the Commission to require an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the development of overhead transmission lines to consider alternative routes for transmission lines affecting conservation easements or alter proposed routes.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 40FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVPope, Donna- Select -Position only
FAVDemiray, SoniaClimate Communications CoalitionPosition only
FAVHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
FAVGuyton, MicheleDelegate Michele GuytonWritten (PDF)
FAVKirkwood, KristinForever MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVButchko, DominicMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVHough, TylerlobbyistMaryland Farm BureauWritten (PDF)
FAVSchwarz, KurtMaryland Ornithological SocietyWritten (PDF)
FAVMosher, DavidSierra Club MD ChapterWritten (PDF)
FAVFrederick, JoanneStop MPRP, IncOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBlack, StephenSugarloaf AlliancePosition only
FAVHamidi, ReneeValleys Planning CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVBaylor, FrankIndividualPosition only
FAVBeeson, JeffreyIndividualPosition only
FAVBland, DanielIndividualPosition only
FAVChalmers, AliceIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Guyton, Delegate GuytonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDuvall, KimIndividualPosition only
FAVFaris, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVFrye, JulieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHarwood, PembrokeIndividualPosition only
FAVHuang, ChungchiIndividualPosition only
FAVIsaac, VictoriaIndividualPosition only
FAVMatthews, AnneIndividualPosition only
FAVMaust, KarenIndividualPosition only
FAVMcFarland, Elizabeth (Betsy)IndividualPosition only
FAVMiller, BenjaminIndividualPosition only
FAVMiller, WhitneyIndividualPosition only
FAVMoran, MatthewIndividualPosition only
FAVMoran, SuzannahIndividualPosition only
FAVPrice, BrysnIndividualPosition only
FAVRyan, ShawnIndividualPosition only
FAVSmith Hughes, AliceIndividualPosition only
FAVSonnenfeld, MichaelIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSwartz, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
FAVWerner, JamesIndividualPosition only
FAVopie, TimothyIndividualPosition only
FAVteeter, jenniferIndividualPosition only
UNFWieland, TomRitchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.Position only
FWAGaver, LisaGaver Farm, LLCPosition only
INFOJones, BrittanylobbyistBGEWritten (PDF)
INFOFahrig, LandonMaryland Energy AdministrationWritten (PDF)
INFODeal, PoetrilobbyistPepco and Delmarva PowerWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHough, TylerMaryland Farm BureauRegistered for: Maryland Farm Bureau
INFOJones, BrittanyBGERegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
INFODeal, PoetriPepco and Delmarva PowerRegistered for: Pepco Holdings, LLC.