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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 462

(IV) WIDESPREAD PUBLIC PROMOTION OF ENERGY
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.

(3) The first ten-year (10) plan shall be
submitted on or about January 1, 1972.

57.

The Commission shall make an annual report, summarizing
the activities of the Commission, to the Governor and the
General Assembly on or before the third Wednesday of March
of each year. The Commission also shall publish annually a
report which shall include the summary of Commission
activities, INCLUDING THE PROGRESS OF THE RESIDENTIAL
CONSERVATION SERVICE PLAN AND COMMISSION ACTIVITIES DIRECTED
TOWARD THE MODERATION OF PEAK ELECTRICAL DEMAND AND ENERGY
CONSERVATION MEASURES TO REDUCE ELECTRICAL AND NATURAL GAS
DEMAND BY PUBLIC GAS AND ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN THIS STATE,
as well as all rules, regulations, opinions, and orders
promulgated or entered by the Commission during the calendar
year covered by the annual report, and any other information
which the Commission deems of value.

59A.

The Commission shall require all public service
companies subject to its jurisdiction with the exception of
taxicabs, radio common carriers, power boat companies, toll
bridges, and towing and lightering companies to formulate
and, after approval, to implement long-range plans for the
provision of service. THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE ALL
PUBLIC ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN THIS STATE TO INCLUDE IN THEIR
LONG-RANGE PLANS ADEQUATE PROVISIONS TO PROMOTE ENERGY
CONSERVATION IN ORDER TO DECREASE OR MODERATE ELECTRIC AND,
AS APPROPRIATE, NATURAL GAS DEMAND FROM THEIR CUSTOMERS. The
Commission shall review plans for adequacy under the general
standards of § 56, giving attention to the interrelationship
of services of other public service companies and to
provisions for research and development to assure adequate
service. Unless the authority to review and approve such
plans has been granted to another agency of the State by
another provision of law, the Commission shall require any
revisions to those plans it deems appropriate. As part of
this review, and subject to the exceptions provided in any
applicable freedom of information act, the Commission shall
consult with other agencies of the State and provide
opportunity for public comment.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.