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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="7-1304" title_number="7" title_name="Gas, Electric, and Water Companies" subtitle_number="13">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Office shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>develop and maintain the tools and resources necessary to complete the analyses required under this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>coordinate with PJM Interconnection, LLC to develop and maintain the tools necessary to complete the analyses required under this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>have the ability to conduct cost–benefit analyses of energy generation resources in wholesale energy markets; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>provide an opportunity for stakeholder feedback on any reports developed by the Office.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>For the Risk Report required under § 7–1303 of this subtitle, the Office shall conduct a stakeholder process to solicit feedback regarding the development of data inputs that will inform the forecasts and scenarios for developing the Risk Report.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Office is not required to utilize the feedback received from the stakeholder process conducted under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection, but shall provide documentation of the stakeholder process in the Risk Report.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In addition to the public hearing required in § 7–1306 of this subtitle, after the publication of the Risk Report or any update to the report, the Office shall conduct a stakeholder process to develop a report that assesses strategies to address the identified risks and recommendations in the Risk Report.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>When assessing strategies under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, there shall be consideration of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>new or existing programs;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>leveraging technology enhancements;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>revised regulatory structures;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>State coordination of federal solutions;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>utilizing market mechanisms; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>any other factors considered appropriate.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Office, in consultation with the Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration, shall complete energy modeling for the Risk Report.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before November 1 each year, the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee may jointly request the Office to assess up to five policy scenarios.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Not later than 1 year after the date the Office receives a request under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Office shall submit a report of the results of the requested policy scenarios to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Environment and Transportation Committee in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
