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MD-SB 596 — Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program

Exempting certain large load customers from requirements to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a certain process for large load customers to interconnect to the electric system; establishing requirements for a large load customer to interconnect to the electric system and contract for service; authorizing certain large load customers to receive certain prioritization; etc.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionMarylandState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-03-05In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Grid & interconnection

Determines whether and how fast a data center can actually get power, and who builds and pays for the transmission upgrades.

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Issues named in the record

Energy · Grid Reliability

These themes are supported by explicit words in the title or stored summary, not graph proximity.

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Formal policy pathway

Hester

sponsored: Hester

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HR-10539United States · Introduced / in committeeIntegrated Local, Regional, and Interregional Transmission Planning Act of 2026Grid & interconnection · Energy · Grid ReliabilityIF13306United States · Research or guidanceCongressional Authority to Regulate Data CentersGrid & interconnection · Energy · Grid ReliabilityR49326United States · Research or guidanceData Centers and the Electricity Grid: Frequently Asked QuestionsGrid & interconnection · Energy · Grid ReliabilityPA-SB1323Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties.Grid & interconnection · Energy · Grid Reliability
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Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program

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Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordMD-SB 596Large Load Customers - Elec…MD-SB 596: Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response ProgramPolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityExplicit record textGrid Reliability: Explicit record textPolicy themeRatepayerAI-assisted policy themeRatepayer: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismGrid & interconnectionText-derived policy signalGrid & interconnection: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionMarylandState policy jurisdictionMaryland: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorHesterpersonHester: personPolicy familyLarge Load Customers -…MDLarge Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program: MD

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