| MD | SB783 | Pass | Requiring that certain home improvement contracts for the installation of a solar energy generating system on the roof of a building include the installation of a certain wildlife barrier under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipalit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
| MD | SB960 | Pass | Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide at least $1,200,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal ye... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 |
| MD | SB206 | Pass | Authorizing the board of directors of a condominium, by a majority vote, to grant leases in excess of 1 year or similar interests affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254 |
| MD | SB416 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program in the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating systems and providing grants to eligible customer-generators; authorizing a third p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB1023 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all water and space heating demands of the building without the use of f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB640 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing, from 2 megawatts to 5 megawatts, the limitation on the generating capacity for certain community solar energy generating systems that are exempt from personal property taxes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1054 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a county or municipality to implement a certain web-based platform for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and mai... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1082 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB685 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the use of land that is acquired or developed with funds available under Program Open Space to be used for the generation of electricity from a solar or wind source and the storage of electricity in certain energy storage devices. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1025 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB788 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to train local fire departments on certain safety aspects associated wit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB49 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a restriction on land use that increases the cost of installing a solar collector system by at least 5% over a certain cost or that reduces the efficiency of the system by at least 10% under a certain energy generation level; authorizing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |