The CBWG is in full agreement on the inclusion of some of these items on each bill, while CBWG members could not come to agreement on certain other items. This inspection also found that all of the information items in the billing transaction are either available in Maryland EDC s existing customer information systems or can be readily generated. There appears to be no technical obstacle to providing the identified data found on the CBWG matrix. From the perspective of system development, all necessary information should be defined as early as possible. Potential Technical Issues Raised by the Implementation of the Universal Service Program.
USP payments are such outside-party payments.
With regard to the USP, the legislation has established certain requirements such as the total funding level and the basic customer eligibility criteria. However, the program design is not yet known. In particular, it is not known whether USP payments will be made to the electric company, to the electricity supplier, or to both service providers. However, the language of the CPWG report is not clear on the start date of the rescission period. In order to accommodate enrollment and switches, the EDC s will need a minimum amount of time in order to process these changes.