Electricity and Retail Gas Supply - Customer Choice, Consumer Protection, and Green Power (Retail Energy Modernization and Consumer Choice Act)
Sponsor: Jeffrie E. Long, Jr. (District 27B)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Authorizing the offer and use of certain time-of-use rates and products relating to residential electricity supply and residential retail gas supply, including offering the rates for a term greater than a certain number of months; authorizing the sale and purchase of accounts receivable for certain products; authorizing certain energy resource aggregators to act without the direction of an electric company; etc.
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Testimony (15)
MGA witness listFAV 6FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 6UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Kavulla, Travis | Base Power Company | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Emnett, Mason | Constellation Energy | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Simpson, Jr., Maurice | Constellation Energy | Oral |
| FAV | Long, Jeffrie | Del. Jeffrie E. Long, Jr. | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Nash, Katielobbyist | Energy Advocacy | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Long, J., Delegate Long, J.legislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Andes, Benjamin F. Guylobbyist | BGE | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Troxell, Timothylobbyist | FirstEnergy / Potomac Edison | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Peltier, Laurel | Maryland Energy Advocates Coalition | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Deal, Poetrilobbyist | Pepco and Delmarva Power | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Dennison, Tom | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Outten, Megan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Barve, Barve | MD PSC | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Lapp, David | Office of People's Counsel | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVNash, KatieEnergy AdvocacyRegistered for: Jenoptik; Career Firefighter Association of Frederick County; Vistra Corporate Services Company; Ivory Investments, LLC; Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.; Sunrun, Inc.…