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Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity - Transmission Lines - Applicability and Waivers

Sponsor: Elizabeth Embry (District 43A)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Expanding the application of certain requirements for the construction of certain overhead transmission lines to include certain other transmission lines; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain effects when determining whether to waive, for good cause, the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity in certain circumstances; and repealing a requirement that the Commission waive the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVHasiuk, EthanBaltimore City CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVBartolomeo, KathleenGCAN, MCRTPosition only
FAVFeighner, LizLiz Feighner, selfPosition only
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVScarr, EmilylobbyistMaryland PIRGWritten (PDF)
FAVLapp, DavidOffice of People's CounselOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMcNair, LeeUnitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryPosition only
FAVAlexander, PeterIndividualPosition only
FAVArndt, DaveIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Embry, Delegate EmbrylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVHeld, KarlIndividualPosition only
FAVKranz, RhondaIndividualPosition only
FAVSteckler, JeanIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFJones, BrittanylobbyistBGEWritten (PDF)
UNFKlase, AnnelobbyistExelon CorporationWritten (PDF)
FWABarve, BarveMD PSCWritten (PDF)
FWABaker, BenjaminMaryland Public Service CommissionOral
INFOOutten, MeganIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVScarr, EmilyMaryland PIRGRegistered for: Maryland PIRG Citizen Lobby
UNFJones, BrittanyBGERegistered for: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
UNFKlase, AnneExelon CorporationRegistered for: Pepco Holdings, LLC.; Pepco Holdings, Inc.