Maryland SB 573 (2019) creates an energy storage pilot program in Maryland. The program requires the state’s four investor owned utilities to issue two solicitations for energy storage projects in 2020. The state’s Public Service Commission must determine which projects to approve by April 15, 2021, and by Feb. 28, 2022 all the projects must be in operation. The law does not specify project size.
The law charges the Public Service Commission to evaluate the energy storage projects and present an interim report to the state’s General Assembly by July 1, 2024, and a final report by Dec. 31, 2026. Each of the state’s four IOUs – Potomac Edison, Baltimore Gas and Electric, Delmarva Power and Light, and Potomac Electric Power – must submit projects that use one of four models specified in the law.