MD SB570 | 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 563
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 563
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring certain gas companies and authorizing certain gas companies to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems by October 1, 2024; requiring a gas company that serves at least 75,000 customers in its distribution territory to submit either one or two proposals for a pilot system to the Public Service Commission for approval by July 1, 2025; authorizing a municipal corporation, county, or community organization to submit neighborhoods to gas companies 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
2024-04-08 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 101 N: 34 NV: 3 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-04-02 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 36 N: 7 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-04-02 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 36 N: 7 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-09 | Senate | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 |
| 2024-04-08 | Senate | Returned Passed |
| 2024-04-08 | House | Third Reading Passed (101-34) |
| 2024-04-08 | House | Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| 2024-04-08 | House | Favorable Report by Economic Matters |
| 2024-04-05 | House | Rereferred to Economic Matters |
| 2024-04-02 | House | Referred Rules and Executive Nominations |
| 2024-04-02 | Senate | Third Reading Passed (36-7) |
| 2024-04-01 | Senate | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2024-04-01 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {183225/1 Adopted |
| 2024-03-29 | Senate | Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted |
| 2024-03-29 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {183225/1 |
| 2024-03-29 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Hearing canceled |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-01-25 | Senate | First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Same As/Similar To
HB397 (Crossfiled) 2024-05-09 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564
Subjects
Administrative Agencies
Air Pollution
Apprentices
Appropriations
Arbitration
Attorney General
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 Matters
Environmental Service, Maryland
Equipment
Ex-Offenders
Examinations
Federal Aid
Federal Government
Fuel
Geothermal Energy
Grants
Health Insurance
Housing and Community Development, Department of
Independent Contractors
Industry and Technology
Intergovernmental Cooperation
Job Training
Licenses
Loans
Low-Income
Minority Business Enterprises
Municipal Corporations
Nonprofit Organizations
Notices
Occupational Safety
Pilot Programs
Prices
Privatization
Procurement
Public Service Commission
Recruitment and Hiring
Renewable Energy Sources
Reports
Residency
Residential Property
Retirement
Revenue and Taxes
Rules and Regulations
Safety
Salaries and Compensation
Small Business
State Government - Procurement
Storage
Strikes
Tax Credits
Utilities
Utility Regulation
Veterans
Women
Work, Labor, and Employment
Air Pollution
Apprentices
Appropriations
Arbitration
Attorney General
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 Matters
Environmental Service, Maryland
Equipment
Ex-Offenders
Examinations
Federal Aid
Federal Government
Fuel
Geothermal Energy
Grants
Health Insurance
Housing and Community Development, Department of
Independent Contractors
Industry and Technology
Intergovernmental Cooperation
Job Training
Licenses
Loans
Low-Income
Minority Business Enterprises
Municipal Corporations
Nonprofit Organizations
Notices
Occupational Safety
Pilot Programs
Prices
Privatization
Procurement
Public Service Commission
Recruitment and Hiring
Renewable Energy Sources
Reports
Residency
Residential Property
Retirement
Revenue and Taxes
Rules and Regulations
Safety
Salaries and Compensation
Small Business
State Government - Procurement
Storage
Strikes
Tax Credits
Utilities
Utility Regulation
Veterans
Women
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 |
