Summary
OPC S27003 is a Request for Proposal issued by the Maryland Office of the People's Counsel to retain a consultant to provide expert engineering, economic, and accounting services supporting OPC’s participation in Public Conference 78 regarding Maryland's successor net energy metering program (NEM 2.0). The consultant will evaluate NEM 2.0 program design issues — including the value of distributed generation, ratepayer costs and benefits, impacts on nonparticipating customers, stakeholder proposals, potential legislative or regulatory recommendations, and utility tariff implementation issues. Scope includes reviewing and analyzing utility applications and supporting documents, preparing data requests and discovery, attending meetings, and preparing written expert testimony; the posting lists Sarah DeMaio as the procurement officer and gives an open date of 2026-07-15 and close date of 2026-07-29.