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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="7-207.3" title_number="7" title_name="Gas, Electric, and Water Companies" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Electric Generation Facility Planning">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 1, 2025, and each December 1 thereafter, the owner or operator of a generating unit or facility specified under § 7–207(a)(4)(iii) of this subtitle shall submit to the Department of the Environment a report that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>dates on which the generating unit or facility was used for the previous 12 months;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the length of time the generating unit or facility was operated for the previous 12 months; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for each instance that the generating unit or facility was operated over the previous 12 months, the reason the generating unit or facility was operated.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unless the Department of the Environment determines that the report required under paragraph (1) of this subsection poses a risk to cybersecurity, national security, or the security of the State, the report:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall be made publicly available; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not be redacted.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before December 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, the Maryland Energy Administration, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and industry representatives selected by the Department of Commerce, shall, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, submit a report to the General Assembly detailing:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>advancements in backup generation technologies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the commercial availability of new backup generation technologies that can be procured; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the affordability of adopting new backup generation technologies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
