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Laws · Maryland · S.B. 992

S.B. 992: Public Utilities - Large Load Customers - Registration and Demand Response Program

Maryland, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, March 4, 2026.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

Requiring a certain large load customer to register with the Public Service Commission before interconnecting with the electric system; establishing the requirements for the registration of a large load customer; requiring that a certain data center be eligible for and considered a "qualified data center" for a certain tax exemption under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to take certain curtailment actions; and requiring the Commission to establish a Demand Response Program for large load customers.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Katie Hester (D); Brian Feldman (D); Karen Lewis Young (D); Charles Sydnor (D); Sara Love (D); Shelly Hettleman (D); Justin Ready (R); William Folden (R)

Subjects Utility Regulation, Taxes - Sales and Use, Applicants and Applications, Certifications, Commerce and Business, Construction, Consumer Protection, Data Centers, Disclosure, Energy Matters, Energy Technology and Infrastructure, Exemptions, Fees, Notices, permits, Privacy, Public Service Commission, Records, Registration, Reports, Revenue and Taxes, Rules and Regulations, Standards and Best Practices, Utilities, Water The legislature's own list.

Official page mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0992?ys=2026RS. Found through LegiScan (bill 2125989), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. March 4, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 992 went to committee in the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment.

  2. February 19, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 992 went to committee in the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First Reading Senate Rules.

  3. February 19, 2026 Introduced

    S.B. 992 was introduced in the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First Reading Senate Rules.

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Sources

  1. S.B. 992 on the legislature's site mgaleg.maryland.gov

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