# Public Utilities (GPU)

## Title 7. Gas, Electric, and Water Companies

### Subtitle 12. Energy Solicitation and Procurement

#### Section 7-1217

(a) An order the Commission issues approving an application for a nuclear energy generation project submitted under Sec. 7-1212 of this subtitle shall:

  (1) specify the long-term pricing schedule;

  (2) specify the duration of the long-term pricing schedule, not to exceed 30 years;

  (3) provide that:

    (i) a payment may not be made under a long-term pricing schedule until electricity supply is generated by the project; and

    (ii) ratepayers and the State shall be held harmless for any cost overruns associated with the project; and

  (4) require that any debt instrument issued in connection with the project include language specifying that the debt instrument does not establish a debt, an obligation, or a liability of the State.

(b) An order approving a nuclear energy generation project vests the owner of the project with the right to receive payments according to the terms in the order.

(c) On or before March 1 each year, the Commission shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with Sec. 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Economic Matters Committee on:

  (1) applicant compliance with the minority business enterprise participation goals under Sec. 7-1215(b) of this subtitle; and

  (2) with respect to the community benefit agreement under Sec. 7-1202 of this subtitle:

    (i) the availability and use of opportunities for local businesses and small, minority, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses;

    (ii) the success of efforts to promote career training opportunities in the manufacturing, maintenance, and construction industries for local residents, veterans, women, and minorities; and

    (iii) compliance with the minority workforce goal under Sec. 7-1202 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Util. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)