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Panel backs creation of energy planning office to draft risk reports and model future scenarios
Summary
House Bill 1037 would create a strategic energy planning office within the Public Service Commission to publish tri‑annual risk reports and convene stakeholders; the committee approved the bill with amendments clarifying timelines and stakeholder processes.
The Economic Matters Committee voted to advance House Bill 1037, which would establish a Strategic Energy Planning Office within the Public Service Commission. The office would be charged with producing a comprehensive risk report roughly every three years assessing supply, demand, environmental and market risks; the office is required to solicit stakeholder input as it develops modeling assumptions and proposed mitigations.
Committee staff said the office will coordinate inputs from state agencies (including the Maryland Energy Administration, Department of the Environment, and the Power Plant Research…
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