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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="7-1217" title_number="7" title_name="Gas, Electric, and Water Companies" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Energy Solicitation and Procurement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An order the Commission issues approving an application for a nuclear energy generation project submitted under § 7–1212 of this subtitle shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>specify the long–term pricing schedule;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>specify the duration of the long–term pricing schedule, not to exceed 30 years;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a payment may not be made under a long–term pricing schedule until electricity supply is generated by the project; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>ratepayers and the State shall be held harmless for any cost overruns associated with the project; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or before March 1 each year, the Commission shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Economic Matters Committee on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>applicant compliance with the minority business enterprise participation goals under § 7–1215(b) of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>with respect to the community benefit agreement under § 7–1202 of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the availability and use of opportunities for local businesses and small, minority, women–owned, and veteran–owned businesses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the success of efforts to promote career training opportunities in the manufacturing, maintenance, and construction industries for local residents, veterans, women, and minorities; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>compliance with the minority workforce goal under § 7–1202 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
