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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="7-1225" title_number="7" title_name="Gas, Electric, and Water Companies" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Energy Solicitation and Procurement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission shall include specifications in a procurement solicitation issued under § 7–1224 of this subtitle that require each proposal to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>include a proposed pricing schedule for the transmission energy storage project that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is for at least 15 years; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>represents the anticipated monthly wholesale value of capacity per megawatt and other benefits identified in a cost–benefit analysis, but not including any anticipated wholesale energy and ancillary services revenue;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>include a cost–benefit analysis of the project and proposed pricing schedule comparison on a dollar–per–megawatt–hour basis, including an analysis of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the locational value and time to deployment of the energy storage devices;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the value of long–duration storage, including its capacity accreditation value for resource adequacy as measured in PJM Interconnection’s effective load carrying capability class ratings;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>avoided or delayed transmission, generation, and distribution costs;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>avoided emissions in the short term and projected avoided emissions in the long term, measured using the social cost of carbon, as determined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as of January 1, 2025;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the value of the rapid deployment of energy storage devices;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the value of reliability during periods of electric system stress, including the ability to deliver capacity during periods of extreme weather, fuel scarcity, and large unplanned resource outages; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>any other avoided costs;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>ensure that the owner or operator of the project has the capability to export electricity for sale on the wholesale market and bid into the PJM capacity market under an agreement with PJM Interconnection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>ensure that the energy storage devices can deliver their effective nameplate capacity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>incorporate a community benefit agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>attest in writing that all contractors and subcontractors working on the project have been in compliance with federal and State wage and hour laws for the immediately preceding 3 years or the duration of the contractor’s or subcontractor’s business operation, whichever is longer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>ensure a competitive bidding process, including by redacting proprietary information provided to the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An energy storage device shall be considered capable of delivering its effective nameplate capacity under this section if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the energy storage device will have the capacity interconnection rights with PJM Interconnection equal to its effective nameplate capacity; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>the energy storage device will have surplus interconnection service with PJM Interconnection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the ability of the energy storage device to deliver its effective nameplate capacity will be limited only by the generation of another nonenergy storage generation resource with which the energy storage device shares a point of interconnection to the electric transmission system.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Projects that include any of the following devices may be included in a proposal in response to a procurement solicitation under § 7–1224 of this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>front–of–the–meter transmission energy storage devices paired with Tier 1 or Tier 2 renewable sources, as defined under § 7–701 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>front–of–the–meter energy storage devices:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>interconnected to a facility within the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>that have been assigned a project identifier in the PJM Interconnection process in response to a request for new service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
