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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 630
CHAPTER 630
(House Bill 1615)
AN ACT concerning
Construction of Electric Generating Stations - Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity
FOR the purpose of requiring the Public Service Commission to consider and take
final action on a certain application for a certificate of public convenience and
necessity to build a certain generating station designed to provide on-site
generated electricity for an electric customer that uses a certain amount of
electricity each year and that has a certain capacity within a certain time period
in an expeditious manner under certain circumstances; providing for the
termination of this Act: and generally relating to certificates of public
convenience and necessity.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Public Utility Companies
Section 7-207
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Public Utility Companies
7-207.
(a) (1) In this section and § 7-208 of this subtitle, "construction" means:
(i) any physical change at a site, including fabrication, erection,
installation, or demolition; or
(ii) the entry into a binding agreement or contractual obligation to
purchase equipment exclusively for use in construction in the State or to undertake a
program of actual construction in the State which cannot be canceled or modified
without substantial loss to the owner or operator of the proposed generating station.
(2) "Construction" does not include a change that is needed for the
temporary use of a site or route for nonutility purposes or for use in securing
geological data, including any boring that is necessary to ascertain foundation
conditions.
(b) (1) (i) Unless a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the
construction is first obtained from the Commission, a person may not begin
construction in the State of a generating station.
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