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IntroducedJan 19, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act)
Last Action See all actions
House • Jan 22, 2026: Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 345
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
Actions
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 19, 2026 | House
- First Reading Environment and Transportation
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Shepter, Brian (Howard County)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Durholz, Marlene
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Fidler, Elisabeth (Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hinz, Andrew
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Langer, Therese (Third Act Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Rehr, Rebecca (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Webster, Phil (Legislative body for the Unitarian Universalist faith, C/O Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Cohn, Debbie
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Lake, Tim
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kinsey, Kathy (Mobilize Frederick)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Simon, Robert (Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Alexander, Peter
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Albacarys, Rico (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 24)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Organization, HoCo Climate Action (HoCo Climate Action)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Bodine, Patricia (Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Wilkinson, nanci (Climate Mobilization Montgomery County)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Singer, Elizabeth (Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Howard County)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Goodson Bell, Selah (Solar United Neighbors Action)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Forbes, Beth
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Ayers, Ian (RECmint)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Johnson, Jeffrey
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Dietz, Michelle (The Nature Conservancy)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Wald, Robert
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Ramsey, Taylar (EMA)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Tulkin, Josh (MD Sierra Club)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Miller, Cynthia (Third Act MD)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Mauk, Jeff (Ceres)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Troxell, Timothy (FirstEnergy / Potomac Edison)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Held, Karl
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Daley, Michael (CSG)
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- Allen, Hannah (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Detchon, Reid (Third Act Maryland)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Simins, David (Solar Landscape, LLC)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Barve, Barve (MD PSC)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Habib, Iman (Progressive Maryland)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Brittany (Chesapeake Climate Action Network)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Cook, Kristin
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Winston, Pamela
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- SWASC, UM (Social Work Advocates for Social Change)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- N/A, Healthy Climate Maryland (Healthy Climate Maryland)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Crump, Patrick (MEPPN)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Mitchell, Molly (Quaker Voice of Maryland)
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Richmond, Skye
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Coggeshall, Charlie (Coalition for Community Solar Access)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Fitzgerald, Garrett (Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Charkoudian, Lorig
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Orozco, Andrea (Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVa))
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Lefstein, Gita
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Searcy, Talisha (City of Takoma Park)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Meredith, Leah (Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA))
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Dutta, Robin (Chesapeake Solar and Storage Association)
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- Lapp, David (Office of People's Counsel)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Frances (Elders Climate Action Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Wilcove, Michael (Citizens' Climate Lobby (Maryland))
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Goldberg, Donald M. (Climate Law & Policy Project)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Vaughan, Evan (Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition (MAREC Action))
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Edwards, Donna (Maryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIO)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Bollerud, Erica (Citizens' Climate Lobby Silver Spring-Takoma Park Chapter)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Rentz, Nicole (New Columbia Solar)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Abbruzzese, Rick (Maryland Rooftop Solar Coalition)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Fahrig, Landon (MEA)
- ENT Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Krone, Christine (City of Rockville)



