| Bill Information | |
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| MC 17-21 | Montgomery County – Community Choice Energy – Pilot Program |
| Requested by | Delegate Charkoudian & Senator Feldman |
| Synopsis | For the purpose of applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; authorizing a community choice aggregator to act as an electricity supplier for certain purposes without obtaining a certain license; establishing a certain Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; providing for the application of certain provisions of this Act; establishing a process by which, beginning on a certain date, a county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a county to develop and give certain notice of a certain aggregation plan under certain circumstances; providing for the contents of a certain aggregation plan; prohibiting a county from excluding certain customers from the ability to participate in certain aggregation activities under certain circumstances; establishing a process under which certain customers shall be deemed to have given permission to a certain county to act as the customers’ community choice aggregator; providing that certain customers may refuse to participate in certain aggregation activities under certain circumstances; requiring a certain electricity supplier to give certain notice to a community choice aggregator regarding the end of a certain contract term; prohibiting a community choice aggregator from assessing certain new fees, taxes, or charges in the aggregation charges or rates under certain circumstances; authorizing a community choice aggregator to promote energy efficiency programs, in consultation with certain persons under certain circumstances; exempting a community choice aggregator from certain requirements relating to the licensing of electricity suppliers; authorizing a community choice aggregator to own a certain electric generating facility or electric storage facility for a certain purpose; requiring a community choice aggregator to submit a certain plan to the Public Service Commission for the use or disposition of a certain electric generating facility or electric storage facility under certain circumstances; authorizing a community choice aggregator to contract for service from an electric generating facility under certain circumstances; requiring a community choice aggregator to submit a certain plan to the Public Service Commission when contracting for service that exceeds a certain period; requiring any contract relating to the provision of electric service by a community choice aggregator to allow for or anticipate the adoption of a certain mechanism; requiring a county to give or provide for certain notices to certain persons and to the Commission under certain circumstances; providing for the contents of certain notices; requiring the Commission to notify a certain county as to its approval of the aggregation plan and certain proposed terms of service, rates, and categories of certain charges, fees, or other costs under certain circumstances; providing that a community choice aggregator may award contracts for competitive generation service supply only at certain times; authorizing the Commission to establish a schedule by which a community choice aggregator may transfer load from standard offer service to retail or wholesale contracts under an aggregation plan; providing that a certain county is deemed to have obtained certain customer authorization to retrieve certain data; requiring an electric company to provide certain data to a community choice aggregator; requiring the Commission to review certain fees, request formats, and the format of certain data provided to facilitate the intent of certain provisions of law; establishing a Community Choice Energy Workgroup; providing for the composition and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Workgroup to submit an annual report to the Commission on the status of the community choice aggregator; requiring the Commission to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly at the conclusion of the pilot program; providing for the beginning and the termination of the pilot program; requiring the Commission to report to the General Assembly on the pilot program on or before a certain date; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations and establish certain procedures; authorizing the Commission to make a certain allocation under certain circumstances; requiring an electric company to provide certain billing services; requiring certain bills to contain a certain notice; requiring the Commission to determine the terms and conditions under which a certain electric compan provides certain services; requiring the Commission to consider certain factors; providing for the application of this Act; providing for the construction of certain provisions of this Act; defining certain terms; altering certain definitions; and generally relating to the ability of a county to aggregate demand for electricity within the county. |
| Bill Text | |
| House Bill Number | HB 768 |
| Bill History | |
| Local Action House - Montgomery County Delegation: | 10/29/20: Assigned to the Economic Development Committee |
12/1/20: Montgomery County Delegation Bill Hearing - 7:00 p.m. The hearing will be live-streamed on the Delegation's YouTube page. |
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| 12/16/20: Economic Development Committee Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable with amendments (5-0) - Voting list on bill - Amendment - Voting list on amendment part 1 - Voting list on amendment part 2 | |
| 1/7/21: Montgomery County House Delegation Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable with amendment (unanimous) - Voting list on bill - Amendment - Voting list on amendment | |
| Bill moves to the Montgomery County Senate Delegation | |
| Local Action Senate - Montgomery County Delegation: | 3/12/21: Montgomery County Senate Delegation Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable as passed in House - Voting list on bill |
| House Action: | 1/29/21: First Reading Economic Matters Committee |
| 2/18/21: Economic Matters Committee Public Hearing - 1:30 p.m. | |
| 3/3/21: Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters Committee | |
3/4/21: Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted Second Reading Passed |
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| 3/5/21: Third Reading Passed (94-36) | |
4/8/21: House Concurs Senate Amendments - Delegation Voting List on Amendments
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| Senate Action: | 3/9/21: First Reading Finance Committee |
| 3/23/21: Finance Committee Public Hearing - 1:00 p.m. | |
| 4/5/21: Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance Committee | |
4/5/21: Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
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| 4/6/21: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) | |
| Action After Passage: | 5/30/21: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 449 |
