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Committee amends and advances bill renaming RPS to clean energy standard and adding nuclear for accounting
Summary
House Bill 505, reprinted and amended, renames the renewable portfolio standard as a clean energy portfolio standard and adds nuclear generation to the accounting for the standard; committee adopted amendments narrowing the bill to that change and advanced the measure.
The Economic Matters Committee amended and advanced House Bill 505, which renames Maryland’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) the Clean Energy Portfolio Standard and incorporates nuclear energy into the state’s accounting for clean energy goals. Committee discussion and amendments narrowed the bill so that the text retained primarily the inclusion of nuclear energy for accounting purposes.
Committee staff told members the bill’s amendments “strike most of the bill except for what was just mentioned,” meaning…
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