HB0674 • 2026

Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation

Education Energy

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Delegates T. Morgan and Boyce
Last action: 2026-02-04
Official status: In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date: 2026-10-01

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Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation

Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee by December 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee by December 1, 2027.

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Bill History

2026-02-04 House
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-02 House
First Reading Environment and Transportation
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation

Official Summary Text

Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee by December 1, 2027.

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HOUSE BILL 674
C5, M5 6lr3082
HB 1149/25 – ECM CF SB 270
By: Delegates T. Morgan and Boyce
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2026
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Public Service Commission – Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of 2
Electricity Generation 3

FOR the purpose of requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the 4
full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; and generally 5
relating to a study on electricity generation. 6

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
That: 8

(a) The Public Service Commission shall conduct a full costs and benefits analysis 9
of sources of electricity generation in the State. 10

(b) The analysis shall: 11

(1) identify the costs of electricity to ratepayers assuming that the State 12
electricity market is served by the following generation mixes: 13

(i) natural gas energy at its current capacity; 14

(ii) nuclear energy at its current capacity; and 15

(iii) 8,500 megawatts of offshore wind energy capacity; 16

(2) include the additional costs of electricity generation necessary to offset 17
reliability issues and the intermittency of offshore wind energy; 18

(3) use the Levelized Full System Cost of Electricity model to analyze the 19
costs of meeting the State’s electricity needs from: 20

(i) only natural gas energy and energy storage; 21
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(ii) only nuclear energy and energy storage; and 1

(iii) only offshore wind energy and energy storage; 2

(4) identify the costs for natural gas energy, nuclear energy, and offshore 3
wind energy if energy storage is available to offset reliability and intermittency issues; and 4

(5) include recommended policy changes to support the development of the 5
energy sources with the lowest costs and greatest benefits to the ratepayers of the State. 6

(c) On or before December 1, 2027, the Public Service Commission shall report its 7
findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the 8
Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee, in accordance 9
with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article. 10

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11
October 1, 2026. 12