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Public Utilities - Large Load Customers - Registration and Demand Response Program

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a certain large load customer to register with the Public Service Commission before interconnecting with the electric system; establishing the requirements for the registration of a large load customer; requiring that a certain data center be eligible for and considered a 'qualified data center' for a certain tax exemption under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to take certain curtailment actions; and requiring the Commission to establish a Demand Response Program for large load customers.

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Testimony (25)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableFWA 12Favorable with amendmentsINFO 4Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDeMarco, JamieDeMarco AdvocacyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHarbeson, KristenlobbyistMaryland League of Conservation VotersWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionPosition only
FAVFields, WilliamMaryland Office of People's CounselOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
FWANoonan, BrianBloom EnergyOral + Written (PDF)
FWAMcGilvray, LaurieClimate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FWASailer, BrianlobbyistFlywheelOral + Written (PDF)
FWABartolomeo, KathleenGCAN, MCRTWritten (PDF)
FWATulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FWAZirkle, AndrewlobbyistMaryland Tech CouncilOral
FWAFitzgerald, GarrettMontgomery County Department of Environmental ProtectionWritten (PDF)
FWAArndt, DaveIndividualPosition only
FWABarnett, SusanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAHeld, KarlIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAOutten, MeganIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWARhoda, SpencerIndividualOral
INFOTroxell, TimothylobbyistFirstEnergy / Potomac EdisonWritten (PDF)
INFOBarve, BarveMD PSCWritten (PDF)
INFOButchko, DominicMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
INFOBaker, BenjaminMaryland Public Service CommissionOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHarbeson, KristenMaryland League of Conservation VotersRegistered for: Maryland League of Conservation Voters
FWASailer, BrianFlywheelRegistered for: Bloom Energy; Conservative Energy Network
FWATulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
FWAZirkle, AndrewMaryland Tech CouncilRegistered for: Technology Council of Maryland, Inc.
INFOTroxell, TimothyFirstEnergy / Potomac EdisonRegistered for: FirstEnergy, Corp.