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MD-SB 992 — Public Utilities - Large Load Customers - Registration and Demand Response Program

Requiring a certain large load customer to register with the Public Service Commission before interconnecting with the electric system; establishing the requirements for the registration of a large load customer; requiring that a certain data center be eligible for and considered a "qualified data center" for a certain tax exemption under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to take certain curtailment actions; and requiring the Commission to establish a Demand Response Program for large load customers.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionMarylandState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-03-12In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection · Tax incentive / clawback

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Determines whether and how fast a data center can actually get power, and who builds and pays for the transmission upgrades. Lowers the public cost of building a data center, and can attach conditions or clawbacks that recover the benefit if commitments are not met.

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Issues named in the record

Energy · Tax Incentives

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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Selected by shared tracked mechanisms or themes, with cross jurisdiction examples prioritized. Similarity is not legal equivalence.

IF13306United States · Research or guidanceCongressional Authority to Regulate Data CentersGrid & interconnection · Tax incentive / clawback · EnergyIL-HB4116Illinois · Introduced / in committeeUTILITIES-VARIOUSDisclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection · EnergyIL-HB4120Illinois · Introduced / in committeeUTILITIES-VARIOUSDisclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection · EnergyPA-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.Disclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection · Energy
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Public Utilities - Large Load Customers - Registration and Demand Response Program

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Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy mechanism 2Documented 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 classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals 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 992Public Utilities - Large Lo…MD-SB 992: Public Utilities - Large Load Customers - Registration and Demand Response ProgramPolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeTax IncentivesExplicit record textTax Incentives: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeRatepayerAI-assisted policy themeRatepayer: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismGrid & interconnectionText-derived policy signalGrid & interconnection: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionMarylandState policy jurisdictionMaryland: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorHesterpersonHester: personPolicy familyPublic Utilities - Lar…MDPublic Utilities - Large Load Customers - Registration and Demand Response Program: MD

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