# Public Utilities (GPU)

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

### Subtitle 2. Electric Generation Facility Planning

#### Section 7-221

The General Assembly finds and declares that energy efficiency is:

(1) among the least expensive ways to meet the energy demands of the State;

(2) a means of affordable, reliable, and clean energy for consumers of Maryland; and

(3) one method to achieve Maryland's climate commitments for reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions, including those required under Title 2, Subtitle 12 of the Environment Article.

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