Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1532: Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
Transferring the electric universal service program to the Office of Home Energy Programs and requiring the Office to authorize benefits under the program for certain electric customers; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits Loan Program in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; altering certain required procedures related to the permitting, inspection, and interconnection of certain residential solar energy systems; altering the uses of the Environmental Trust Fund; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Continuing the Next Generation Energy Act Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act FOR the purpose of lowering the maximum monthly energy demand that is required for a certain large load customer to qualify for a specific rate schedule; altering the requirements that a certain multiyear rate plan must meet to be eligible for approval; authorizing the Public Service Commission to require a public service company to include a certain reconciliation procedure in the company's multiyear rate plan…
From the enrolled text, May 18, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Continuing the Next Generation Energy Act Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act FOR the purpose of lowering the maximum monthly energy demand that is required for a certain large load customer to qualify for a specific rate schedule; altering the requirements that a certain multiyear rate plan must meet to be eligible for approval; authorizing the Public Service Commission to require a public service company to include a certain reconciliation procedure in the company's multiyear rate plan; altering the program cycle for certain energy efficiency and conservation plans; altering the years for which certain electricity savings percentages are used to calculate certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in certain years; prohibiting the Commission from approving a certain energy efficiency and conservation plan that includes a certain residential sector subprogram; altering the definition of "large capacity energy resource" and "zero-emission credit" for provisions relating to energy solicitation and procurement; requiring the Commission to consider, rather than apply, certain costs when calculating certain impacts for certain nuclear energy generation projects; authorizing, with the approval of the Commission, the increase of certain nuclear energy generation project costs under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain request for information and a certain request for proposals; requiring the Commission to select a certain third-party administrator by …