Section 7-206 – Electric Companies — Clean Air Act Modifications
(a) This section applies to the installation of pollution control equipment or a change in the method of operation at a generating station that a person performs in order to comply with Phase II pollution control requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. (b) Any person that performs an installation or change in operation under subsection (a) […]
Section 7-207 – Generating Stations or Transmission Lines — General Certification Procedure
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Brownfields site” means: (i) a former industrial or commercial site identified by federal or State laws or regulation as contaminated or polluted; (ii) a closed landfill regulated by the Department of the Environment; or (iii) mined land. (3) (i) “Construction” means: 1. any physical change at a site, including fabrication, erection, […]
Section 7-207.1 – Generating Stations or Transmission Lines — On-Site Generated Electricity; Approval Process
(a) This section applies to a person who: (1) constructs a generating station: (i) designed to provide on–site generated electricity if: 1. the capacity of the generating station does not exceed 70 megawatts; and 2. the electricity that may be exported for sale from the generating station to the electric system is sold only on the wholesale market pursuant to […]
Section 7-207.2 – Solar Voltaic Systems
(a) This section applies to a person who constructs a generating station that: (1) has the capacity to produce at least 2 megawatts of electricity from a solar photovoltaic system; and (2) is exempted under § 7–207.1 of this subtitle from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity. (b) (1) A person shall file an application […]
Section 7-208 – Generating Stations or Transmission Lines — Joint Construction of Station and Associated Lines
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Construction” has the meaning stated in § 7–207 of this subtitle. (3) “Qualified offshore wind project” has the meaning stated in § 7–701 of this title. (4) “Qualified submerged renewable energy line” means: (i) a line carrying electricity supply and connecting a qualified offshore wind project to the […]
Section 7-209 – Alternatives to Construction of Transmission Lines
(a) The Commission shall examine alternatives to the construction of a new transmission line in a service area, including the use of an existing transmission line of another company, if: (1) the existing transmission line is convenient to the service area; or (2) the use of the transmission line will best promote economic and efficient service to the […]
Section 7-210 – Municipal Electric Plants
(a) This section does not apply to Baltimore City. (b) (1) A municipal corporation may not build, maintain, or operate a plant for supplying gas or electricity for other than municipal purposes unless the municipal corporation has a certificate of authority from the Commission. (2) If the Commission denies the certificate of authority, the municipal corporation may not reapply […]
Section 7-211 – Energy Efficiency Programs
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Affiliate” has the meaning stated in § 7–501 of this title. (3) “Demand response program” means a program established by an electric company that promotes changes in electric usage by customers from their normal consumption patterns in response to: (i) changes in the price of electricity over […]
Section 7-201 – Electric Companies — Long-Range Plans
(a) (1) Annually, the Chairman of the Commission shall forward to the Secretary of Natural Resources a 10-year plan listing possible and proposed sites, including the associated transmission routes, for the construction of electric plants within the State. (2) (i) The Chairman shall delete from the 10-year plan any site that the Secretary of Natural Resources identifies as unsuitable […]