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the State; requires each electric company serving a county or Baltimore City to report to that county or the City regarding the electric company’s compliance with certain provisions of the county’s or City’s electric sys- tem planning element; and requires each electric company to submit a report on electricity demand each year. • HB 1337 provides that the owner of a business or farming operation on certain property that is taken through eminent domain is entitled to damages for the loss of profits under certain circumstances. • SB 657/HB 1362 establishes that damages to be awarded for the tak- ing of land in a condemnation proceeding include, in addition to the fair market value of the land taken, any legal, expert, or other fees or costs of the action incurred by a defendant. • SB 737/HB 1396 prohibits certain persons from exercising a right of condemnation to acquire property for the purpose of constructing a power line or a generating station that produces electricity from wind energy or solar energy; and prohibits the State or any of its instrumental- ities or political subdivisions from acquiring by condemnation property that is encumbered by conservation easements that will be used for the construction of a power line or a certain generating station. • SB 931/HB1036 alters the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishes certain requirements for the construction of a solar energy generating station or energy storage device; requires the Commission to conduct a study to establish a process by which the Commission may establish partnerships between electric companies and electricity suppliers for electricity generation projects. • SB 478/HB 739 prohibits the Public Service Commission from ap- proving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a solar energy generating station unless the Commission receives written approval for the construction of the generating station from each county or municipal corporation where the generating station is proposed to be located. • SB 483/HB 657 requires the Public Service Commission to examine alternatives to the construction of a new transmission line if the use of an alternative will best maintain historical, environmental, or agricultural preservation areas, or will avoid any overlap with certain lots, parcels, or tracts of land. • SB 640/HB 742 prohibits a person constructing a solar energy generat- ing station from exercising a right of condemnation in connection with that construction.
• SB 853 prohibits the Public Service Commission from authorizing, and a person from undertaking, the construction of an overhead trans- mission line outside of an existing transmission line right-of-way unless the applicant adequately demonstrates to the Commission that existing transmission line rights-of-way are not sufficient for the proposed over- head transmission line. • SB 952/HB 1397 adds grid enhancing technologies to the list of re- quirements the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line. • SB 953/HB 1218 establishes a Task Force to Develop a Realistic Electric- ity Plan for Maryland to study and make recommendations on the State’s current and future electricity needs under various scenarios: prohibits the Public Service Commission from approving the construction or expansion of transmission lines in the State from July 1, 2025, through May 1, 2026; and requires the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025 • SB 955 prohibits a person constructing an overhead transmission line from exercising a right of condemnation to acquire property encumbered by a conservation easement; authorizes a property owner to bring an action for damages incurred as a result of a condemnation proceeding; and requires that reasonable counsel fees be awarded to counsel for the defendant in a condemnation proceeding and that certain court costs be charged against the plaintiff under certain circumstances.
Bills That Were Withdrawn Prior to a Vote
• SB 380/HB 162 would require licensing of breeders (except for “horse racing and standardbred stables or farms using horses for working or cultivating the soil or herding or cutting livestock”) by the Maryland Horse Industry Board. MHIB currently licenses boarding, lesson, and rental stables, and rescues and sanctuaries. Te issue has been the subject of discussions with MDA and MHIB for about a year. After the bills were introduced, and after further discussions with MHIB and the bills’ sponsors about definitions and other details, the bills were withdrawn in favor of a working group to study the issue further over the summer. • SB 778 prohibits the Department of the Environment from requiring an owner, lessor, lessee, or operator of an agricultural building to apply to the Department for an exemption from certain building energy per- formance standards.
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