Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Environmental Impact Analysis and Existing Burden Report
Sponsor: Dylan Behler (District 30A)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to include with the application a certain environmental impact analysis and, if applicable, a certain existing burden report; altering certain notice requirements; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity unless the application includes a final environmental impact assessment and, if applicable, a final existing burden report; etc.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness listFAV 56FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Pope, Donna | - Select - | Position only |
| FAV | Bucic, Sarah | Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Porter, Phylicia | Baltimore City Council District 10 | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Myers, Brenda | Brenda Myers | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ravichandran, Vivek | Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health INpowering Communities (CEEJH INC) | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | pool, walkiria | Centro de Apoyo Familiar | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stegman, Matt | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Demiray, Sonia | Climate Communications Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Position only |
| FAV | Gaver, Lisa | Gaver Farm, LLC | Position only |
| FAV | N/A, Healthy Climate Maryland | Healthy Climate Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Smith, Virginia | Indivisible HoCo Maryland | Position only |
| FAV | Orozco, Andrea | Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVa) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | O’Mara Vignarajah, Krish | Krish O’Mara Vignarajah | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Butchko, Dominic | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rehr, Rebeccalobbyist | Maryland League of Conservation Voters | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | Habib, Imanlobbyist | Progressive Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wieland, Tom | Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md. | Position only |
| FAV | Frederick, Joanne | Stop MPRP, Inc | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hester, Beth | Stop MPRP, Inc | Position only |
| FAV | Hamidi, Renee | Valleys Planning Council | Position only |
| FAV | Alexander, Charles | n/a | Position only |
| FAV | Baylor, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Bond, Charles | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Braun, Kathryn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Davis, Donna | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Delegate Behler, Delegate Behlerlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Dzimiela Castillo, Carolyn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | EBAUGH, CHERYL | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Freeman, Erin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Galloway, Janet | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Garofolo, John | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Greene, Jeremy | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hinder, Katharine | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Hinz, Andrew | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Joachim, Caryn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Johnson III, Frederick | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Krumrine, Amanda | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Law, Elizabeth | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Little, Kathryn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Matthews, Anne | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | McFarland, Elizabeth (Betsy) | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Miller, Jessica | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Miller, Whitney | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Moran, Matthew | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Price, Brysn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ranson, Emilylobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Reese, Donna | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Schulze, Glen | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Seibel, Derek | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Seibel, Laura | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Swartz, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Urbano, Morelys | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Werner, James | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | teeter, jennifer | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Reed, Dytonialobbyist | BGE | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Klase, Annelobbyist | Pepco/DPL | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Behler, Dylan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
- Select -FAV 1
BGEUNF 1
Brenda MyersFAV 1
Gaver Farm, LLCFAV 1
n/aFAV 1
Pepco/DPLUNF 1
Progressive MarylandFAV 1
Stop MPRP, IncFAV 2
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVRehr, RebeccaMaryland League of Conservation VotersRegistered for: Maryland League of Conservation Voters