MD HB397 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-05-09 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-05-09 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring gas companies serving at least 75,000 customers in their distribution territories and authorizing gas companies serving fewer than 75,000 customers to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems on or before October 1, 2024; requiring certain gas companies to submit a certain proposal or proposals to the Public Service Commission for approval on or before July 1, 2025; authorizing certain entities or a community organization to submit neighborhoods for consideration as part of a pilot system; etc.
Title
Public Utilities – Thermal Energy Network Systems – Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act)
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-04-05 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 98 N: 34 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2024-04-02 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 36 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-12 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 99 N: 38 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-04-02 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 36 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-12 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 99 N: 38 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-09 | House | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 |
| 2024-04-05 | House | Passed Enrolled |
| 2024-04-05 | House | Third Reading Passed (98-34) |
| 2024-04-05 | House | House Concurs Senate Amendments |
| 2024-04-02 | Senate | Third Reading Passed (36-9) |
| 2024-04-01 | Senate | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2024-04-01 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {923322/1 Adopted |
| 2024-03-29 | Senate | Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted |
| 2024-03-29 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {923322/1 |
| 2024-03-29 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| 2024-03-12 | House | Third Reading Passed (99-38) |
| 2024-03-08 | House | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2024-03-08 | House | Favorable with Amendments {443623/1 Adopted |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-01-17 | House | First Reading Economic Matters |
Same As/Similar To
SB570 (Crossfiled) 2024-05-09 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563
Subjects
Administrative Agencies
Apprentices
Appropriations
Arbitration
Awareness and Outreach
Boundaries
Budgets
Building Maintenance and Repair
Collective Bargaining
Commerce and Business
Committees and Commissions
Construction
Consumer Protection
Contractors
Contracts
Cooperative Associations
Counties
Data
Demographics
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Education
Energy
Energy Administration
Energy Matters
Environmental Service, Maryland
Equipment
Ex-Offenders
Federal Aid
Federal Government
Geothermal Energy
Grants
Housing and Community Development, Department of
Industry and Technology
Intergovernmental Cooperation
Job Training
Labor, Department of
Licenses
Loans
Low-Income
Minority Business Enterprises
Municipal Corporations
Nonprofit Organizations
Notices
Pilot Programs
Prices
Privatization
Procurement
Public Service Commission
Recruitment and Hiring
Renewable Energy Sources
Reports
Residency
Residential Property
Revenue and Taxes
Rules and Regulations
Salaries and Compensation
Small Business
State Government - Procurement
Strikes
Tax Credits
Utilities
Utility Regulation
Veterans
Work, Labor, and Employment
Apprentices
Appropriations
Arbitration
Awareness and Outreach
Boundaries
Budgets
Building Maintenance and Repair
Collective Bargaining
Commerce and Business
Committees and Commissions
Construction
Consumer Protection
Contractors
Contracts
Cooperative Associations
Counties
Data
Demographics
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Education
Energy
Energy Administration
Energy Matters
Environmental Service, Maryland
Equipment
Ex-Offenders
Federal Aid
Federal Government
Geothermal Energy
Grants
Housing and Community Development, Department of
Industry and Technology
Intergovernmental Cooperation
Job Training
Labor, Department of
Licenses
Loans
Low-Income
Minority Business Enterprises
Municipal Corporations
Nonprofit Organizations
Notices
Pilot Programs
Prices
Privatization
Procurement
Public Service Commission
Recruitment and Hiring
Renewable Energy Sources
Reports
Residency
Residential Property
Revenue and Taxes
Rules and Regulations
Salaries and Compensation
Small Business
State Government - Procurement
Strikes
Tax Credits
Utilities
Utility Regulation
Veterans
Work, Labor, and Employment
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environment | 1 | 701 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Housing and Community Development | 4 | 1801 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Public Utilities | 7 | 1001 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Public Utilities | 7 | 1002 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Public Utilities | 7 | 1003 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Public Utilities | 7 | 1004 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Public Utilities | 7 | 1005 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Public Utilities | 7 | 1006 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Public Utilities | 7 | 703 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
