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Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 51 - ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS › Chapter 20.51.03 - Electricity Supplier License Requirements › Section 20.51.03.01 - Licensee's Updated Information

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter, a material change means one or more of the following conditions:
(1) PJM Interconnection, LLC has reduced the licensee's unsecured credit allowance to a level below $2,000,000.
(2) The licensee is denied credit by a Maryland electric company.
(3) At least two of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations have reduced the licensee's rating by two or more grades, or to a level below investment grade.
(4) The licensee has filed for bankruptcy protection or been subjected to involuntary bankruptcy proceedings.
(5) The licensee has had a license revoked, suspended, or restricted in another state.
(6) A parent corporation or other person who has undertaken to guarantee the licensee's financial integrity withdraws the guarantee.
(7) In addition to any of the conditions under §A(1)-(6) of this regulation, if a supplier provides supplier-consolidated billing, a material change includes:
(a) The transfer of supplier-consolidated billing services from a supplier to a third-party agent;
(b) The transfer of supplier-consolidated billing services from one third-party agent to another third-party agent; or
(c) Cancellation of the bonding or collateral for supplier-consolidated billing required under COMAR 20.51.02.08G.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 51 - ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS › Chapter 20.51.03 - Electricity Supplier License Requirements › Section 20.51.03.02 - Required Filing - Electric Company Service Agreement

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An electricity supplier shall file with the Commission a copy of every service agreement entered into with an electric company within 10 business days of the execution of the agreement.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 51 - ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS › Chapter 20.51.03 - Electricity Supplier License Requirements › Section 20.51.03.03 - Requirement - Collection of Prepayment or Deposit

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A. An applicant who intends to collect or an electricity supplier who collects a deposit or prepayment for electric supply from a customer shall post a bond as required under this regulation.
B. The initial bond requirement for an applicant or electricity supplier who intends to collect a deposit or prepayment from a customer shall be $50,000.
C. Six months after the posting of the initial bond, or when the supplier's amount of deposits or prepayments exceeds its initial bond required by this regulation, whichever is earlier, an electricity supplier shall:
(1) Conduct an audit, performed by an independent certified public accountant or a Commission auditor;
(2) If an independent certified public accountant is used, provide a copy to the Commission; and
(3) Comply with the bonding requirements in §§D and E of this regulation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 51 - ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS › Chapter 20.51.03 - Electricity Supplier License Requirements › Section 20.51.03.04 - Form of Bond

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A. The bond required by COMAR 20.51.02.08B or Regulation .03 of this chapter shall be in the form required by the Commission.
B. The bond required by Regulation .03 of this chapter shall at a minimum:
(1) Identify the Maryland Public Service Commission as the sole beneficiary;
(2) Be continuous and subject to cancellation only after 60 days notice to the Commission;
(3) Be in the amount determined under Regulation .03 of this chapter;
(4) Contain the following language or similar language acceptable to the Commission: "Payment under this bond shall be due in the event the Commission determines that the (electricity supplier name) is financially insolvent or unable to meet their obligations as a licensed electricity supplier in Maryland"; and
(5) Permit the Commission to direct that the proceeds of the bond be paid or disbursed.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 51 - ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS › Chapter 20.51.03 - Electricity Supplier License Requirements › Section 20.51.03.05 - Electricity Supplier License - Cessation of Business

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A. A licensee shall provide 60 days prior written notice to the Commission and to the administrators appointed under COMAR 20.61.06.09 of an intention to cease providing services to all customers in:
(1) The State;
(2) A specified electric company service area;
(3) A specified customer class; or
(4) A specified type of billing.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 51 - ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS › Chapter 20.51.03 - Electricity Supplier License Requirements › Section 20.51.03.06 - License Revocation or Suspension

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
The Commission may revoke or suspend a license, if a licensee:
A. Intentionally provides false information;
B. Switches, or causes to be switched, the electricity supply for a customer without first obtaining the customer's permission;
C. Fails to provide electricity for its customers;
D. Commits fraud or engages in deceptive practices;
E. Fails to maintain financial integrity;
F. Violates any applicable provision of this title;
G. Violates a Commission Order;
H. Fails to comply with State or local tax laws;
I. Violates any applicable provision of the Public Utilities Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, or any other State consumer protection law;
J. Is convicted of, or has a principal who is convicted of, a felony or any crime involving fraud, theft, or deceit; or
K. Has a similar license issued by another state or the federal government suspended or revoked.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 51 - ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS › Chapter 20.51.03 - Electricity Supplier License Requirements › Section 20.51.03.07 - Enforcement

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The Commission may enforce the regulations in this subtitle under the provisions of Public Utilities Article, §7-507, Annotated Code of Maryland.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.01 - General Regulations › Section 20.52.01.01 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. This subtitle applies to an investor-owned electric company or other entity directed or authorized by a Public Service Commission order to provide electricity supply and electricity supply service.
B. This subtitle does not apply to electric cooperatives or municipal electric companies.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.01 - General Regulations › Section 20.52.01.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Commission" means the Public Service Commission of Maryland.
(2) "Customer" has the meaning stated in Public Utilities Article, §7-501, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(3) "Electric company" has the meaning stated in Public Utilities Article, §1-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(4) "FERC" means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
(5) "HPS" means hourly priced nonresidential electricity service provided by an investor-owned electric company.
(6) "LMP" means locational marginal price.
(7) "PJM" means the PJM Interconnection, LLC.
(8) "Standard offer service" or (SOS) has the meaning stated in Public Utilities Article, §7-501, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(9) "Type I" means standard offer service provided by a utility under Public Utilities Article, §7-510(c), Annotated Code of Maryland, to certain commercial customers through a Commission-approved rate schedule.
(10) Type II.
(a) "Type II" means standard offer service offered by a utility to nonresidential customers ineligible for Type I service with a PJM capacity peak load contribution of less than 600 kilowatts (kW).
(b) "Type II" does not include nonresidential electricity supply service provided to a customer ineligible for Type I service with a PJM capacity peak load contribution of less than 600 kilowatts (kW) receiving electric supply service under an existing special electric supply contract with a utility.
(11) Type III.
(a) "Type III" means a large customer taking regulated electric supply service from a utility available to a nonresidential customer ineligible for Type I or Type II service.
(b) "Type III" does not include a large customer with a special electric supply contract with a utility or excluded by a Commission order.
(12) "Utility" means an electric company that is investor owned.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.01 - General Regulations › Section 20.52.01.03 - Standard Offer Service Obligation

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. A utility or any other Commission-authorized entity shall provide SOS to any eligible customer choosing SOS, whose electric service has not been denied or terminated under COMAR 20.31, COMAR 20.50.04, or the utility's approved tariff.
B. If a customer meets any of the criteria under the Public Utilities Article, §7-510(c)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland, the customer is considered to have chosen SOS.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.02 - Standard Offer Service › Section 20.52.02.01 - Provision of Residential Standard Offer Service Required

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. This regulation does not apply to residential SOS before the service periods specified in §C of this regulation.
B. A utility may deny residential SOS under COMAR 20.50.04.01B -2 or the utility's tariffs.
C. A utility shall provide residential SOS for the following specified time periods:
(1) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company from July 1, 2006 through May 31, 2010;
(2) Delmarva Power & Light Company from July 1, 2004 through May 31, 2008;
(3) Potomac Electric Power Company from July 1, 2004 through May 31, 2008;
(4) The Potomac Edison Company doing business as (d/b/a) Allegheny Power from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2012.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.02 - Standard Offer Service › Section 20.52.02.02 - Standard Offer Service - Small Commercial Customers

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. This regulation does not apply to electric supply service provided by a utility prior to the service periods specified in §§B and C of this regulation.
B. Type I-Small Commercial Customer.
(1) A utility shall provide Type I SOS to a customer for the following specified time periods:
(a) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company from July 1, 2004 through May 31, 2008;
(b) Delmarva Power & Light Company from June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2008;
(c) Potomac Electric Power Company from July 1, 2004 through May 31, 2008; and
(d) The Potomac Edison Company doing business as (d/b/a) Allegheny Power from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.02 - Standard Offer Service › Section 20.52.02.03 - Large Customer - Electric Supply Service

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. This regulation does not apply to electric supply service provided by a utility before the service periods stated in §B of this regulation.
B. A utility shall provide Type III large customer service to customers for the following specified time periods:
(1) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company from July 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005;
(2) Delmarva Power & Light Company from June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005;
(3) Potomac Electric Power Company from July 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005; and
(4) The Potomac Edison Company doing business as (d/b/a) Allegheny Power from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.02 - Standard Offer Service › Section 20.52.02.04 - Hourly Priced Electric Supply Service

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A. A utility shall offer hourly priced nonresidential electric supply service to all nonresidential customers ineligible for Type I or Type II SOS, excluding special generation contract customers.
B. A utility shall provide hourly priced service beginning with the time periods provided for Type III service in Regulation .03 of this chapter.
C. A utility may not change or alter tariff rules, terms, and conditions for HPS under §B of this regulation for a period of at least 2 years.
D. The rate for HPS shall include:
(1) One of the following:
(a) The PJM hourly LMP for energy; or
(b) If PJM alters its pricing methods, the nearest equivalent to LMP;
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.02 - Standard Offer Service › Section 20.52.02.05 - Other Periods of Electric Service

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
For periods other than those identified in Regulations .01-.03 of this chapter, the Commission may authorize the provision of SOS, default service, Type II service, Type III service, or electric supply provider of last resort service to the customer classes described in this chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.03 - Transfer of Service › Section 20.52.03.01 - Customer Changes of Service Providers

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. A customer may move between SOS or HPS and competitive electricity supply service.
B. A customer may not be charged a fee for switching between SOS or HPS and competitive electricity supply.
C. Except as provided by an order of the Commission, a utility may not impose a minimum contract term for the provision of electricity supply service under this subtitle.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.03 - Transfer of Service › Section 20.52.03.02 - Notice of Transfer to Standard Offer Service

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Existing Customers. If an existing utility customer does not select a competitive electricity supplier to provide electricity supply service, the customer shall receive standard offer service under this subtitle until that choice is made in accordance with §C of this regulation.
B. New Customer. A customer establishing a new service, after the service periods specified in COMAR 20.52.02, shall receive SOS until the customer affirmatively selects a competitive electricity supplier.
C. Transfer Rules.
(1) If a customer or the customer's competitive supplier requests SOS, 12 or more days before the customer's next regularly scheduled meter read date, the utility shall place the customer on SOS on the customer's next regularly scheduled meter read date.
(2) If a customer or the customer's competitive supplier requests SOS, less than 12 days before the customer's next regularly scheduled meter read date, the utility shall transfer the customer to SOS on the subsequent scheduled meter read date after the date of the request.
(3) If a customer is subject to an involuntary transfer to SOS, the customer shall receive SOS effective on the date on which PJM transfers responsibility for supplying that customer's electricity to the utility.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.03 - Transfer of Service › Section 20.52.03.03 - Notice of Transfer From Standard Offer Service

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. When a customer receiving SOS chooses electricity from a competitive electricity supplier, the competitive electricity supplier shall notify the utility.
B. The notice required under §A of this regulation shall comply with the requirements of COMAR 20.53 and the utility's approved supplier coordination tariffs.
C. Transfer Rules.
(1) When a competitive electricity supplier provides the transfer notice required under §A of this regulation, 12 or more days before a customer's next regularly scheduled meter read date, the utility shall transfer the customer to the competitive electricity supplier on the next regularly scheduled meter read date after the notice.
(2) When a competitive electricity supplier provides the transfer notice, required under §A of this regulation, less than 12 days before a customer's next regularly scheduled meter read date, the utility shall transfer the customer to the competitive electricity supplier on the subsequent scheduled meter read date after the notice.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.03 - Transfer of Service › Section 20.52.03.04 - Hourly Priced or Competitive Service - Selection or Transfer

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A. Utility Fixed Price or Variable Price Service Customers.
(1) If a customer eligible for does not select or have a competitive electricity supplier, a utility shall provide HPS service to the customer.
(2) If a customer eligible for HPS selects a competitive electricity supplier, the competitive electricity supplier shall provide the utility notice of the selection in a manner conforming to the requirements of the applicable utility's supplier coordination tariff and COMAR 20.53.06.05B.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.03 - Transfer of Service › Section 20.52.03.05 - Denial or Termination of SOS

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. A utility or other Commission-authorized entity providing SOS may terminate SOS only if the termination process complies with COMAR 20.31.
B. A utility or other Commission-authorized entity providing SOS may deny SOS only if the denial complies with COMAR 20.50.04.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.04 - Electric Supply Service Procurement › Section 20.52.04.01 - Procurement by Investor-Owned Utilities

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Except for HPS or under Regulation .02D and E of this chapter, a utility shall procure the electricity needed to provide service under this subtitle during the service periods stated in COMAR 20.52.02 only through a competitive wholesale bidding process approved by the Commission.
B. Model Request for Proposals and Utility Bid Plan.
(1) A utility shall base the competitive bidding process required by this regulation on the model request for proposals and a utility bid plan approved by the Commission.
(2) The model request for proposals shall include a provision designed to eliminate a bid proposal for residential standard offer service that contains a price anomaly.
(3) The model request for proposals may be altered by a utility bid plan only if it is necessary to conform to utility specific conditions.
(4) Utility Bid Plan.
(a) A utility bid plan shall include:
(i) A bidding schedule;
(ii) A description of the power supply blocks on which potential suppliers shall bid;
(iii) Bid price formats;
(iv) The time period during which the power will need to be supplied for each power supply block;
(v) Bid submission instructions and format; and
(vi) Bid evaluation criteria.
(b) A utility may include in its bid plan reasonable credit requirements, cash collateral, or other assurance of the bidder's ability to perform, as approved by the Commission.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.04 - Electric Supply Service Procurement › Section 20.52.04.02 - Evaluation and Selection of Qualified Bids

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A. A utility shall evaluate a qualified bid in a nondiscriminatory manner based on:
(1) The contents of the bid submissions as specified in the model request for proposal; and
(2) The utility bid plan.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.04 - Electric Supply Service Procurement › Section 20.52.04.03 - Electric Supply Contract

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A. The utility and selected bidders shall enter into a full requirements service contract for each power supply block contained in the utility bid plan.
B. The Commission shall approve the terms and conditions of the full service contract required under §A of this regulation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.05 - Price › Section 20.52.05.01 - Public Notice of Price

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
Upon completion of the electric supply procurement process under COMAR 20.52.04, a utility shall:
A. Explain the methodology used to calculate the price for electric service under this subtitle;
B. Calculate the price for each type of electric service offered to a customer under this subtitle;
C. File tariffs with the Commission containing the methods of calculating the price for each service authorized by this subtitle at least 30 days, and if possible 2 months, before the effective date of the tariffs;
D. Provide affected customers at least 30 days notice, and if possible 2 months notice, of new prices for electric service under this subtitle; and
E. Post on the utility's internet website, the actual price payable each month for each service offered under this subtitle.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 52 - ELECTRIC STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Chapter 20.52.05 - Price › Section 20.52.05.02 - Calculation of Prices

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. For service periods stated in COMAR 20.52.02, retail prices for each service other than HPS under this subtitle shall consist of the sum of the following components:
(1) The seasonally differentiated and, if applicable, the time-of-use differentiated load weighted average of all awarded electric supply prices for specific services in each year;
(2) Retail charges designed to recover, on an aggregate basis, FERC-approved transmission charges and any other PJM charges and costs incurred by the utility;
(3) An administrative charge, including other costs and return or profit; and
(4) Applicable taxes.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.01 - General › Section 20.53.01.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) Agent.
(a) "Agent" means a person who conducts marketing or sales activities, or both, on behalf of a licensed supplier or broker.
(b) "Agent" includes:
(i) An employee;
(ii) A representative;
(iii) An independent contractor;
(iv) A vendor;
(v) Subcontractors;
(vi) Employees;
(vii) Vendors; and
(viii) Representatives not directly contracted by the supplier who conduct marketing or sales activities on behalf of the supplier.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.01 - General › Section 20.53.01.04 - Utility Compliance Plan

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
Utilities shall file a plan and relevant tariffs for compliance with this subtitle within 45 days after this regulation becomes effective.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.03 - Pre-Enrollment Information › Section 20.53.03.01 - Supplier Customer Consent - Pre-Enrollment

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Pre-Enrollment Customer Information. Before requesting precontracting customer information described in Regulation .02 of this chapter from a utility, a supplier shall:
(1) Notify the customer of its intention to request customer information from a utility; and
(2) Obtain the customer's consent for release of the customer's information from the utility.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.03 - Pre-Enrollment Information › Section 20.53.03.02 - Pre-Enrollment Information

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. On request of a supplier, a utility shall provide the following applicable customer information:
(1) Account name;
(2) Billing address;
(3) Service address;
(4) Utility account number and any other number designated by the utility as necessary to process an enrollment;
(5) Bill cycle;
(6) Voltage level;
(7) Utility rate class or code;
(8) Energy assistance household status;
(9) Load profile;
(10) Meter number;
(11) Meter type;
(12) Multiple meter indicator;
(13) Peak load contribution;
(14) Metered demand;
(15) Billed demand;
(16) Monthly historical demand for the previous 12 months;
(17) Monthly historical consumption for the previous 12 months;
(18) Monthly time-of-use data for the previous 12 months; and
(19) Interval meter data for the previous 12 months.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.04 - Transfers of Service › Section 20.53.04.02 - Supplier Enrollment and Drops

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. A supplier may enroll or drop a customer by sending the appropriate electronic enrollment or drop transaction to the utility.
B. Effective Dates. A utility shall process an electronic enrollment or drop from a supplier to be effective within 3 business days after receipt of the electronic transaction.
C. The utility shall drop a customer from its current supplier when another supplier enrolls the customer.
D. A utility shall assign a customer who has been dropped by a supplier and not enrolled by another supplier to SOS.
E. A utility may not be required to process more than two enrollments and two drops per customer per bill cycle.
F. A supplier may not require that a customer provide it with advance notice, written or otherwise, before the customer switches to another supplier or to SOS.
G. A utility shall reject a customer's enrollment into supplier-consolidated billing if, at the time of switch, the customer:
(1) Has a regulated electric utility arrearage older than 30 days;
(2) Is on a payment arrangement plan with the utility; or
(3) Has applied for or is receiving funds from the Office of Home Energy Programs, including but not limited to, payments authorized as part of the Electric Universal Service Program or Maryland Energy Assistance Program or enrolled into the Utility Service Protection Program.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.04 - Transfers of Service › Section 20.53.04.03 - Transaction Error Handling

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. This regulation applies to enrollment or drop transaction errors that are identified not later than 2 business days after the transaction is initiated by a supplier.
B. A supplier shall notify a utility of a drop error or enrollment error by an electronic cancel transaction not later than 2 business days after the enrollment or drop is initiated by the supplier.
C. A utility shall process an electronic cancel transaction under §B of this regulation consistent with Commission approved procedures for processing enrollment-related and drop-related transactions.
D. On receipt of an electronic cancel transaction under this regulation, a utility shall return the customer to the customer's enrollment state before the erroneous transaction.
E. Incumbent Supplier-Identified Erroneous Transactions.
(1) If the erroneous transaction is identified by the incumbent supplier, the incumbent supplier shall, upon verifiable consent of the customer, cancel the pending enrollment by notifying the utility by an electronic cancel transaction within 24 hours of the customer's consent.
(2) Initiation of the electronic cancel transaction by the incumbent supplier without the verifiable customer consent required in §E(1) of this regulation is considered an unauthorized enrollment of the customer with the incumbent supplier.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.04 - Transfers of Service › Section 20.53.04.04 - Customer Initiated Drops

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Customer Cancellation.
(1) A customer that wants to cancel a supplier contract shall first attempt to cancel the contract according to the terms of the contract.
(2) If a customer attempts to cancel a contract by contacting the utility first, the utility shall direct the customer to contact the supplier through the means detailed in the supplier contract, terms and conditions or may direct the customer to contact the supplier through use of contact information on the Commission 's website.
(3) If a customer's cancellation request has not been received by the utility from the customer's supplier, and the customer confirms that more than three days have passed since the customer cancelled the contract with the supplier, the utility shall process a cancellation.
(4) Customer initiated drops shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of COMAR 20.53.04.02.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.01 - Electric Energy Scheduling

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. A utility and a supplier shall follow the energy scheduling procedures of the regional transmission organization designated for Maryland by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
B. Coordination of Energy Schedules.
(1) A supplier may use more than one scheduling coordinator.
(2) Unless otherwise provided by mutual agreement between a supplier and a utility, a utility shall accommodate at least ten supplier scheduling coordinators.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.02 - Load Assignment

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. A utility shall report a load obligation for a supplier's customers to the regional transmission organization designated for Maryland by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as specified in the utility's tariff.
B. A utility shall provide to the supplier customer usage data that will allow a supplier to bill customers in a timely manner for capacity and energy that is consistent with the load obligation assigned to the supplier by the utility.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.03 - Utility Consolidated Billing

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. A supplier may elect to use utility consolidated billing.
B. A utility and a supplier shall transmit consumption, billing, and related data to each other using electronic transactions for the purpose of utility consolidated billing.
C. A utility shall remit supplier revenue and billing data to a supplier by electronic transaction.
D. Suppliers using utility consolidated billing shall have access to customer billing and payment information from the utility for the supplier's presently enrolled customers at no cost beyond the tariffed rate for consolidated billing.
E. A utility shall provide a supplier using utility consolidated billing with the same electronic access to customer bill information that it provides to the customer.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.04 - Budget Billing

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A. A utility that uses budget billing to determine a customer's bill shall perform a final budget reconciliation for the commodity portion of the bill on the switch of a customer from SOS to a supplier service.
B. A utility's portion of a budget bill amount for a customer who is served by a supplier shall be based solely on the utility's regulated charges.
C. For those customers who otherwise have a budget billing option, a utility shall make budget billing available for supplier charges.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.05 - Utility Responsibilities in the Event of Supplier Default

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A. A supplier is considered a defaulted supplier if it is unable to deliver electricity because:
(1) The Commission revokes or suspends the supplier's retail electricity license; or
(2) The supplier is unable to transact sales through the regional transmission organization designated for Maryland by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.06 - Utility Purchased Receivables or Prorated Payments

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A. A utility providing utility consolidated billing shall either purchase the receivables of a supplier or prorate customer payments between the utility and a supplier.
B. The utility has the option of choosing whether its consolidated billing agreement includes the purchase of supplier receivables or the proration of customer payments.
C. If the utility chooses the option of purchasing supplier receivables, supplier receivables shall be purchased with full and timely cost recovery for the utility under terms and conditions approved by the Commission. An early termination fee is not considered a commodity and is not subject to purchase as a receivable by the utility.
D. If the utility chooses the option of prorating customer payments, a payment shall be allocated between the utility, supplier, and any other party in proportion to the percentage of the combined charges on the customer's total bill under terms and conditions approved by the Commission.
E. If supplier receivables are not purchased by the utility, a utility shall bill for supplier charges and arrearages for a minimum of 90 days from the date a supplier receives final usage data from the utility.
F. If supplier receivables are not purchased by the utility and the utility cancels a supplier's charges, the utility shall rebill the canceled supplier charges to the customer for at least 90 days after the bill adjustment.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.07 - Supplier-Consolidated Billing

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A. A supplier may elect to use supplier-consolidated billing upon receiving licensing that authorizes the provision of supplier-consolidated billing.
B. When an authorized supplier elects to use supplier-consolidated billing, a utility and a supplier shall transmit consumption, billing, payment, and related data to each other using electronic transactions approved by the Commission.
C. A utility may not obligate a supplier to purchase a customer's arrears from the utility or from another supplier.
D. Utility Access to Supplier Bills for Supplier-Consolidated Billing.
(1) A supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing services shall make a customer's bill available to the utility in an electronic format.
(2) A utility provided access to a customer's supplier-consolidated billing information that includes supplier charges may not:
(a) Use the information to market standard offer service;
(b) Use the information to research or market other utility service; or
(c) Without Commission authorization, share any information the utility gains through access to the supplier bill with the utility's nonregulated affiliates or any other nongovernmental entity.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.08 - Supplier Changing a Customer's Billing Method

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A. A supplier may change a customer's billing method to or from supplier-consolidated billing in the following circumstances:
(1) The customer's contract permits the supplier to impose on the customer a change in billing method;
(2) The customer's contract does not specify whether the supplier may impose on the customer a change in billing method; or
(3) The customer's contract permits the supplier to impose on the customer a change in billing method during an assignment or transfer of contract as described under COMAR 20.53.07.12E.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.09 - Customer on Budget Billing with Utility at Time of Switch

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A. If a customer is on budget billing at the time of transfer to supplier-consolidated billing service from utility-consolidated billing or standard offer service, the utility shall provide a customer an alternative payment plan upon request if the budget deficit is greater than $100.
B. The utility shall inform the customer that the customer may be unable to switch to another supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing until a payment plan as described in §A of this regulation is paid in full.
C. A customer may choose to pay the budget deficit in full at any time.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.10 - Budget Billing for Supplier-Consolidated Billing

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A. A supplier that provides supplier-consolidated billing services may offer budget billing for the customer's regulated electric utility charges and supplier charges.
B. A supplier that offers budget billing for the customer's regulated electric utility charges shall purchase the customer's regulated electric utility charges from the utility according to Regulation .11 of this chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.11 - Supplier-Consolidated Billing Purchase of Receivables

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A. A supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing shall purchase the regulated receivables of the utility.
B. Partial Payment Priority.
(1) The supplier shall apply a customer's partial payment of a supplier-consolidated bill in the following order:
(a) Utility arrearages and supplier commodity arrearages in proportion to the relative proportion of their sum;
(b) Current utility charges and current supplier commodity charges in proportion to the relative proportion of their sum; and
(c) Noncommodity charges.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.12 - Nonpayment by Customer Receiving a Supplier-Consolidated Bill

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A. If a customer has not paid the supplier's consolidated bill or otherwise has breached the supply contract:
(1) The supplier may return the nonpaying customer to the utility pursuant to COMAR 20.53.06.06 or COMAR 20.53.07.10; and
(2) The supplier shall conduct reasonable collection efforts for unpaid amounts if the supplier intends to seek repurchase of the regulated electric utility charges from the utility.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.05 - Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing › Section 20.53.05.13 - Reporting Requirements for Supplier-Consolidated Billing

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A. A supplier shall record customer complaints according to the following categories:
(1) Call center operations;
(2) Unauthorized charges;
(3) Enrollment;
(4) Accuracy of billing services;
(5) Contract renewal or cancellation;
(6) Deposits; and
(7) Change in customer's billing method.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.06 - Nonresidential Customer Protection › Section 20.53.06.02 - Enrollment

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A. A supplier may not enroll a customer without the customer's consent.
B. A customer's choice of electricity supplier is the electricity supplier with the last enrollment of the customer received by the utility consistent with the requirements of COMAR 20.53.04.02.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.06 - Nonresidential Customer Protection › Section 20.53.06.03 - Termination

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A. Except as provided under §§B and C of this regulation, an electric company may not terminate service for failure of a customer to pay supplier charges.
B. If a utility purchases the receivables of a supplier under COMAR 20.53.05.03B, the purchased supplier receivables become utility charges for the purpose of termination of service.
C. If a utility purchases arrearages attributable to a utility as described in COMAR 20.53.05.12D from a supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing services, the purchased arrearages become utility charges for the purpose of termination of service under COMAR 20.31.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.06 - Nonresidential Customer Protection › Section 20.53.06.04 - Contract Requirements

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A. Only a person licensed under COMAR 20.51 as a supplier may execute an electricity supply contract with a customer.
B. A supplier contract shall contain all material terms and conditions.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.06 - Nonresidential Customer Protection › Section 20.53.06.05 - Notice of Enrollment

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A. Form and Presentation.
(1) A supplier and the utility shall provide written notice of enrollment to a customer entering into a service agreement with the supplier on the next business day following the supplier's receipt of the utility's enrollment response.
(2) If a customer's billing method changes, the notice of enrollment shall contain a statement that the customer's previous billing providers may still bill the customer for unpaid charges.
(3) A supplier's presentation of a signed copy of the customer's contract at any time before enrollment constitutes sufficient written notice of enrollment to the customers.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.06 - Nonresidential Customer Protection › Section 20.53.06.06 - Cancellation of Supply Service

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A. Except as provided under §D of this regulation or in a tariff regarding supplier default, a utility may remove a customer from supplier services only if directed by a supplier, subject to applicable bankruptcy law.
B. A supplier shall process a customer's request to cancel supply services not later than the end of the second utility business day after the customer's cancellation request.
C. A supplier shall notify the customer's utility of a drop by electronic transaction within the time period specified in §B of this regulation.
D. Customer Cancellation.
(1) After the third utility business day following a customer request for a supplier to cancel supply service, the customer may contact the utility to verify that the cancellation request submitted by the supplier has been processed by the utility.
(2) If a customer's cancellation request has not been processed by the customer's utility, and the customer requests cancellation of supplier service, the utility shall process a cancellation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.06 - Nonresidential Customer Protection › Section 20.53.06.07 - Rescission Period

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A supplier is not required to offer a contract rescission period except where required by law.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.07 - Residential Customer Protection › Section 20.53.07.02 - Disclosure of Customer Information

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A. Except as provided in §B of this regulation, a supplier may not disclose a customer's billing, payment, energy assistance household status, and credit information without the customer's consent.
B. A supplier may disclose a customer's billing, payment, and credit information for the sole purpose of facilitating billing, bill collection, and credit reporting.
C. A supplier shall provide a customer with a copy of the supplier's customer information privacy policy.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 53 - COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY › Chapter 20.53.07 - Residential Customer Protection › Section 20.53.07.03 - Creditworthiness

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A. A supplier may refuse to provide service based on an individual's creditworthiness.
B. A supplier shall apply uniform income, security deposit, and credit standards for the purpose of making a decision as to whether to offer a service to customers.