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BILL INFORMATION
PG 410-21: Prince George’s County – Coal– and Gas–Fired Generating Stations – Prohibitions (Prince George’s County Stop Environmentally Unjust Coal and Gas Plants Act 4 of 2021)
Requested By: Delegate Ivey
Synopsis
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Public Service Commission from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a coal– or gas-fired generating station if any part of the generating station will be located in Prince George’s County; prohibiting a person from operating certain coal– or gas-fired generating station under certain circumstances; making conforming changes; making this Act an emergency measure, and generally relating to the operation of coal– and gas-fired generating stations in Prince George’s County.