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AN ACT concerning Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing FOR the purpose of requiring the Public Service Commission to include certain information on low-income energy efficiency and conservation programs in a certain annual report to the General Assembly; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve certain target annual incremental gross energy savings in certain years; requiring certain contractors used for the programs under this Act to meet certain job requirements; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to update the weather-normalized gross retail sales against which savings are measured for certain plans; requiring the target annual incremental gross energy savings to be achieved based on an average of certain Department of Housing and Community Development plans; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, on or before certain dates and with a certain frequency, to submit a plan to the Commission for achieving the electricity savings and demand reduction target; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan to coordinate and leverage funding sources to support coordinate with the Department of Budget and Management to identify additional funding sources to support a possible expansion of programs that support a whole-home approach by addressing certain energy efficiency and other home upgrades and; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to collaborate with members of the Green and Healthy Task Force to develop a plan to provide energy efficiency retrofits to all low-income households by a certain date; establishing the Green and Healthy Task Force to analyze and advance the coordination of resources to address the housing needs of low-income communities; requiring a certain certification agency to initiate a certain study regarding energy efficiency and conservation services and certain remedial measures; and generally relating to energy performance targets and low-income housing. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Public Utilities Section 7-211(k) Annotated Code of Maryland (2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Public Utilities Section 7-211.1 and 7-211.2 Annotated Code of Maryland (2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement)

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Lorig Charkoudian (D)*, 

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 572 (on 05/08/2023)

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