HB 540 — Maryland
Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Utility Rate Changes (Public Service Company Transparency Act)
Prohibiting certain electric, gas, and gas and electric companies from initiating a proceeding that may lead to a rate change unless the company provides customers with a certain notice; requiring certain electric, gas, and gas and electric companies to include a certain statement in each customer bill and automatic payment e-mail and distribute a certain annual rate report in a certain manner; requiring the Public Service Commission, in consultation with the Office of People's Counsel, to develop a certain report; etc.
Latest action: Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. · Jan 28, 2026
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Committees: Environment and Transportation (House of Delegates)
Updated Mar 17, 2026
Timeline
First Reading Environment and Transportation
Jan 27, 2026 · House of Delegates
Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
Jan 28, 2026 · House of Delegates
Sponsored by Mary Lehman, Lorig Charkoudian, Elizabeth Embry, Diana Fennell, Terri Hill, Julie Palakovich Carr, Scott Phillips, Sheila Ruth, Jen Terrasa, Jennifer White Holland, Jamila Woods, Natalie Ziegler
No recorded floor votes yet.
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