SB0429 • 2026

Maryland Energy Administration - Study on Land-Based Wind Energy

Energy

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Senator Brooks
Last action: 2026-02-09
Official status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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Maryland Energy Administration - Study on Land-Based Wind Energy

Requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to conduct a study on the potential for land-based wind energy generation in the State and the siting of land-based wind energy generating systems in the State; authorizing the Administration to use available funds in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to conduct the study; and requiring by December 1, 2026, the Administration to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly.

What This Bill Does

Requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to conduct a study on the potential for land-based wind energy generation in the State and the siting of land-based wind energy generating systems in the State; authorizing the Administration to use available funds in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to conduct the study; and requiring by December 1, 2026, the Administration to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly.

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Bill History

2026-02-09 Senate
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-30 Senate
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Maryland Energy Administration - Study on Land-Based Wind Energy

Official Summary Text

Requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to conduct a study on the potential for land-based wind energy generation in the State and the siting of land-based wind energy generating systems in the State; authorizing the Administration to use available funds in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to conduct the study; and requiring by December 1, 2026, the Administration to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly.

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*sb0429*

SENATE BILL 429
M5 6lr1996
CF HB 629
By: Senator Brooks
Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2026
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Maryland Energy Administration – Study on Land–Based Wind Energy 2

FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to conduct a study on 3
the potential for land –based wind energy generati on in the State and the siting of 4
land–based wind energy generating systems in the State; authorizing the 5
Administration to use available funds in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment 6
Fund to conduct the study; and generally relating to a study on land –based wind 7
energy. 8

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 9
That: 10

(a) The Maryland Energy Administration shall conduct a study on land –based 11
wind energy generating systems in the State. 12

(b) The study shall include: 13

(1) the total potential for land–based wind energy generation in the State; 14

(2) a description of the locations used to determine the total potential for 15
land–based wind energy generation under item (1) of this subsection; 16

(3) information on locations in the United States where mitigation efforts 17
have been successfully employed to allow wind energy generating systems and military 18
radar technologies, including the Advanced Dynamic Aircraft Measurement System 19
(ADAMS), to operate successfully in the same area; 20

(4) a description of the successful mitigation efforts identified under item 21
(3) of this subsection, the effects of the mitigation efforts, and the potential for their use in 22
the State; and 23

2 SENATE BILL 429

(5) any other relevant matter, as determined by the Administration. 1

(c) The Administration may use available funds in the Strategic Energy 2
Investment Fund under § 9–20B–05 of the State Government Article to conduct the study 3
required under subsection (a) of this section. 4

(d) On or before December 1, 2026, the Ad ministration shall report its findings 5
and recommendations to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2 –1257 of the State 6
Government Article, the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment 7
and the House Environment and Transportation Committee. 8

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 9
1, 2026. 10