2024 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
HB579: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals – Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)
Legislative Summary
Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of onsite emergency backup and certain test and maintenance operations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certain other related approvals under certain circumstances.
Bill History
1/24/2024
First Reading Economic Matters
House of Delegates
2/2/2024
Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/24/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Economic Matters(House of Delegates)
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 42
Republican: 9
Primary Sponsor
Nick Allen
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (50)
Marlon Amprey
Democrat
Carl Anderton
Republican
Heather Bagnall
Democrat
Harry Bhandari
Democrat
Regina Boyce
Democrat
Jason Buckel
Republican
Frank Conaway
Democrat
Charlotte Crutchfield
Democrat
Mark Edelson
Democrat
Diana Fennell
Democrat
Brooke Grossman
Democrat
Michele Guyton
Democrat
Kevin Harris
Democrat
Shaneka Henson
Democrat
Terri Hill
Democrat
Kevin Hornberger
Republican
Carl Jackson
Democrat
Andre Johnson
Democrat
Steve Johnson
Democrat
Dana Jones
Democrat
Anne Kaiser
Democrat
Aaron Kaufman
Democrat
Jeffrie Long
Democrat
Sara Love
Democrat
Aletheia McCaskill
Democrat
April Fleming Miller
Republican
Rachel Munoz
Republican
Cheryl Pasteur
Democrat
Edith Patterson
Democrat
Scott Phillips
Democrat
Jesse Pippy
Republican
Andrew Pruski
Democrat
Teresa Reilly
Republican
Kent Roberson
Democrat
Denise Roberts
Democrat
Mike Rogers
Democrat
April Rose
Republican
Malcolm Ruff
Democrat
Gary Simmons
Democrat
Karen Simpson
Democrat
Ryan Spiegel
Democrat
Deni Taveras
Democrat
Kym Taylor
Democrat
Karen Toles
Democrat
Chris Tomlinson
Republican
Veronica Turner
Democrat
Kriselda Valderrama
Democrat
Courtney Watson
Democrat
Nicole Williams
Democrat
Chao Wu
Democrat