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2026 Regular Session

HB970

Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Nuclear Energy and Renaming

Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; renaming "renewable energy credits" to be "clean energy credits"; adding energy generated from certain nuclear energy generating stations as a Tier 2 renewable source eligible for inclusion in the clean energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act retroactively.

Current disposition
Pending: House Environment and Transportation
Last status date
February 10, 2026
Last status update
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending committee
Environment and Transportation
Author
Todd Morgan
Co-sponsors
Christopher AdamsKevin AndersonSteven ArentzBarry BeauchampJason BuckelBarrie CilibertiMichael GriffithWayne HartmanJim HinebaughSeth HowardTom HutchinsonJay JacobsNicholaus KipkeBob LongNino MangioneRic MetzgarApril Fleming MillerLaToya NkongoloJesse PippyTeresa ReillyApril RoseStuart SchmidtChris TomlinsonWilliam ValentineWilliam Wivell

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 6, 2026
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Instrument history

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  1. House Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
  2. House First Reading Environment and Transportation
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2110179
LegiScan session ID
2240
Source file
var/states/maryland/source/legiscan/2240-842f860f45b5/bill/HB970.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:49:46+00:00