{"id":3276,"date":"2019-10-15T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2019-11-13T13:42:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T18:42:23","slug":"strategic-energy-investment-advisory-board-listening-session-for-southern-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2019\/10\/15\/strategic-energy-investment-advisory-board-listening-session-for-southern-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board Listening Session for Southern MD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This session has already occurred, to view the Facebook Live video, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 Please note, there were connection issues and transcripts of the entire meeting will be posted soon. Thank you for your patience.<\/p>\n

The October 30, 2019 Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board Listening Session<\/strong> will be held from 11:15 AM \u2013 1:00 PM EST at the College of Southern Maryland Conference Center (BI104), 8730 Mitchell Rd, La Plata, MD 20646<\/a><\/p>\n

Please note this is the Southern Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board Listening Session<\/strong>, this is not a hearing. This listening session is an opportunity for local residents to come and learn about the energy projects being funded by the Strategic Energy Investment Fund (SEIF).\u00a0 The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is the administrator of SEIF funds and puts out an annual report which demonstrates achievements being made towards promoting affordable, reliable, and cleaner energy for the benefit of all Marylanders. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to see how the 2018 SEIF helped Marylanders or\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to download the full 166 page report.\u00a0 The 2019 SEIF report will be put out at the end of December.<\/p>\n

Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Listening Session Oct 30 Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

Background:
\nSenate Bill 52 (2019) requires that the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) \u201cshall hold at least four public meetings across the State\u2026 in the eastern, southern, central, and western parts of the State, respectively; and.. is encouraged to solicit input from all regions of the State\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

In an effort to comply with the same, MEA is pleased to announce that the first of four regional meetings will take place on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Allegany College in Cumberland Maryland. At that event, there will be an opportunity for public comment regarding future planning and use of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund. Those who wish to make public comments in person, should sign into the meeting no later than 11:15 AM.<\/p>\n

The listening session will be broadcast live on MEA\u2019s Facebook page. Instructions for submission of written comments are available below. Any additional meeting materials will be found here as they become available.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board Written Comment Submission Form<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please read carefully.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Senate Bill 52 (2019) requires that the Maryland Energy Administration \u201cshall hold at least four public meetings across the State\u2026 in the eastern, southern, central, and western parts of the State, respectively; and.. is encouraged to solicit input from all regions of the State\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

In an effort to \u201csolicit input from all regions of the State\u201d, the Maryland Energy Administration has created this from and a dedicated email address to receive those comments. Because the spirit of Senate Bill 52 recognizes the importance of geographic diversity in decision-making , this form must be completed in its entirety.<\/p>\n

To submit a comment, please send an email to SEIFComments.MEA@maryland.gov in the format below via attached PDF with any written comments,\u00a0each attached separately and in *.pdf<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board Written Comment Submission Form<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For instructions on how to submit written comments, read information\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To keep up-to-date on MEA events, visit our\u00a0online calendar.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This session has already occurred, to view the Facebook Live video, click here.\u00a0 Please note, there were connection issues and transcripts of the entire meeting will be posted soon. Thank you for your patience. The October 30, 2019 Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board Listening Session will be held from 11:15  …Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3276"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3391,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3276\/revisions\/3391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}