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Wide debate as bill would let PSC require utilities to build clean generation to shore up supply
Summary
HB 15-61 would allow the PSC to require regulated utilities to develop and own short-lead-time clean resources (community solar, battery storage) where the market fails to deliver capacity; sponsors, utilities and unions supported the backstop, while competitive developers and consumer advocates opposed the shift of construction risk to ratepayers.
Delegate Doug Queen presented HB 15-61 to give the Maryland Public Service Commission the authority to require investor-owned utilities to develop, own or contract for short-lead-time clean resources'such as community solar and battery storage'when the PSC finds a resource adequacy shortfall the competitive market is not filling.
"HB 15 61 provides a proven energy generation approach," Delegate Queen said, framing the bill as a backstop to PJM market failures and a way to stabilize capacity-driven price spikes that have appeared…
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