Maryland § 7-1225

§ 7-1225.

    (a)    The Commission shall include specifications in a procurement solicitation issued under § 7–1224 of this subtitle that require each proposal to:

        (1)    include a proposed pricing schedule for the transmission energy storage project that:

            (i)    is for at least 15 years; and

            (ii)    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;

        (2)    include a cost–benefit analysis of the project and proposed pricing schedule comparison on a dollar–per–megawatt–hour basis, including an analysis of:

            (i)    the locational value and time to deployment of the energy storage devices;

            (ii)    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;

            (iii)    avoided or delayed transmission, generation, and distribution costs;

            (iv)    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;

            (v)    the value of the rapid deployment of energy storage devices;

            (vi)    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

            (vii)    any other avoided costs;

        (3)    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;

        (4)    ensure that the energy storage devices can deliver their effective nameplate capacity;

        (5)    incorporate a community benefit agreement;

        (6)    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

        (7)    ensure a competitive bidding process, including by redacting proprietary information provided to the Commission.

    (b)    An energy storage device shall be considered capable of delivering its effective nameplate capacity under this section if:

        (1)    the energy storage device will have the capacity interconnection rights with PJM Interconnection equal to its effective nameplate capacity; or

        (2)    (i)    the energy storage device will have surplus interconnection service with PJM Interconnection; and

            (ii)    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.

    (c)    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, may be included in a proposal in response to a procurement solicitation under § 7–1224 of this subtitle.