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Montgomery County - Community Choice Aggregation Pilot Program - Alterations MC 17-26

Sponsor: Montgomery County DelegationCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the beginning and ending dates for the Community Choice Aggregation Pilot Program, from beginning on April 1, 2024, to April 1, 2026, and from ending 7 years after the beginning date to 9 years after the beginning date; and altering the dates on which the Public Service Commission must submit certain pilot program reports to the Governor and the General Assembly, from the sixth year after the beginning of the pilot program to the seventh year after the beginning of the pilot program and from December 31, 2031, to December 31, 2035.

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Testimony (14)

MGA witness list
FAV 14Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSearcy, TalishaCity of Takoma ParkWritten (PDF)
FAVSearcy, TalishaCity of Takoma ParkWritten (PDF)
FAVStewart, FrancesElders Climate Action MarylandPosition only
FAVStewart, KateMontgomery County CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVFitzgerald, GarrettMontgomery County Department of Environmental ProtectionOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFitzgerald, GarrettMontgomery County Department of Environmental ProtectionOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMcNair, LeeUnitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryPosition only
FAVCharkoudian, LorigIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCharkoudian, LorigIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCohn, DebbieIndividualPosition only
FAVHeld, KarlIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKrone, ChristinelobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMontgomery County Delegation, Montgomery County DelegationIndividualOral
FAVMontgomery County Delegation, Montgomery County DelegationIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKrone, ChristineRegistered for: American Coatings Association; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; City of Rockville; Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, The, LLC (dba The Coordinating Center); Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.; LifeSpan Network