SB 801

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, EmPOWER Energy Efficiency Programs, and Net Energy Metering

Sponsor: Mike McKay (District 1)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Governor to withdraw the State from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by January 1, 2027; authorizing the State to rejoin the Initiative if all other states served by PJM Interconnection become full Members, or the State becomes and remains a net exporter of electricity; eliminating the surcharge that allows recovery of costs to utilities from the EmPOWER energy efficiency programs; altering the rate at which eligible customer-generators are paid for net excess generation; etc.

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Testimony (20)

MGA witness list

FAV 9FavorableUNF 9UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Pavlak, Alex	Future of Energy Initiative	Oral
FAV	CARRICK, SHARON	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	KIJESKY, CRYSTAL	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
FAV	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
FAV	McKay, Mike	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
FAV	Senator McKay, Senator McKaylegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Position only
UNF	Stegman, Matt	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Brown-Burnett, Gloria	Department of Human Services	Written (PDF)
UNF	Wharton, Leslie	Elders Climate Action	Position only
UNF	Smith, Virginia	IndivisibleHoCoMD	Position only
UNF	Baker, Jeremy D	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rehr, Rebeccalobbyist	Maryland League of Conservation Voters	Written (PDF)
UNF	Scarr, Emilylobbyist	Maryland PIRG	Position only
UNF	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
UNF	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

Chesapeake Bay FoundationUNF 1

Department of Human ServicesUNF 1

Elders Climate ActionUNF 1

Future of Energy InitiativeFAV 1

IndivisibleHoCoMDUNF 1

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentUNF 1

Maryland League of Conservation VotersUNF 1

Maryland PIRGUNF 1

MD PSCINFO 1

Office of People's CounselINFO 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFRehr, RebeccaMaryland League of Conservation VotersRegistered for: Maryland League of Conservation Voters

UNFScarr, EmilyMaryland PIRGRegistered for: Maryland PIRG Citizen Lobby