Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB841: Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
Status: In committee, April 13, 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 he Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits Loan Program in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; reducing a certain alternative compliance payment rate applicable to certain covered buildings; altering certain procedures related to the permitting, inspection, and interconnection of certain residential solar energy systems; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Maryland Energy Administration - Renewable Energy Generation Projects - Alternative Compliance Fee Auctions Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act FOR the purpose of altering the uses of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and certain compliance fees; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, to develop and conduct certain annual, competitive, low-bid alternative compliance fee auctions for the development of certain renewable energy generation projects…
From the engrossed text, April 6, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Maryland Energy Administration - Renewable Energy Generation Projects - Alternative Compliance Fee Auctions Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act FOR the purpose of altering the uses of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and certain compliance fees; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, to develop and conduct certain annual, competitive, low-bid alternative compliance fee auctions for the development of certain renewable energy generation projects; establishing the purpose and procedures for an auction and the eligibility requirements for certain bidders; requiring the Administration and the Commission to set certain thresholds and capacity targets; requiring the Administration to set certain deadlines and milestones for projects awarded a contract; authorizing the Administration to provide certain extensions under certain circumstances; authorizing the recapture of certain funds under certain circumstances; and generally relating to alternative compliance fee auctions for renewable energy generation projects 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; reducing a certain alternative compliance payment rate applicable to certain covered buildings; altering certain procedures related to the permitting, inspection, and interconnection of certain residential …