Maryland Statutes
Division I - Public Services and Utilities
Title 7 - Gas, Electric, and Water Companies

Section 7-207 - Generating Stations or Transmission Lines -- General Certification Procedure - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-207.1 - Generating Stations or Transmission Lines -- On-Site Generated Electricity; Approval Process - (a) This section applies to a person who: (1) constructs...

Section 7-207.2 - Solar Voltaic Systems - (a) This section applies to a person who constructs a...

Section 7-208 - Generating Stations or Transmission Lines -- Joint Construction of Station and Associated Lines - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-209 - Alternatives to Construction of Transmission Lines - (a) The Commission shall examine alternatives to the construction of...

Section 7-210 - Municipal Electric Plants - (a) This section does not apply to Baltimore City. (b)...

Section 7-211 - Energy Efficiency Programs - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-212 - Regulations Governing Purchase of Liquid-Immersed Distribution Transformers; Life-Cycle Cost Methodology for Transformers Used for Installation Outside State - (a) On or before July 1, 2008, the Commission shall...

Section 7-213 - Service Quality and Reliability - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-213.1 - Service Restoration -- Special Medical Needs Facilities - (a) In this section, “special medical needs facility” includes: (1)...

Section 7-214 - Contact Voltage Risk Zones -- Surveys and Mitigation - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-215 - Sale or Transfer of Solar Electric Generating Facility - (a) This section applies to a solar electric generating facility...

Section 7-216 - Energy Storage Pilot Program - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 3 - Consumer Relations

Section 7-301 - Meters -- Authorization by Commission - (a) A person may not furnish or put in use...

Section 7-302 - Meters -- Inspection - (a) (1) By written request, a consumer may compel the...

Section 7-303 - Submetering -- Apartment House and Commercial Building - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-304 - Energy Allocation Equipment -- Apartments - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-305 - Customer Billing - (a) A gas company or electric company may bill its...

Section 7-306 - Net Energy Metering - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-306.1 - Interconnection Agreement for Installation of Solar Electric Generating Facility - (a) A person who is negotiating a contract with an...

Section 7-306.2 - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-307 - Termination of Service to Low Income Customers - (a) In this section, “termination of service” means the termination,...

Section 7-307.1 - Termination of Electric and Gas Service in Extreme Temperatures - (a) A public service company may not terminate electric or...

Section 7-307.2 - Default in Payment for Electric, Gas, Sewer and Water Service - (a) This section applies only to property subject to a...

Section 7-307.3 - Termination of Service to Multifamily Dwelling Unit - (a) A public service company that intends to terminate, because...

Section 7-307.4 - Termination of Service to Involuntarily Furloughed Federal Employees - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-308 - Natural Gas Vehicles - (a) In this section, “natural gas vehicle” means a vehicle...

Section 7-309 - Tenant's Paying of Utility Bills Owed by Landlord - (a) This section does not apply to electric cooperatives. (b)...

Section 7-310 - Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Retail Choice Customer...

Section 7-311 - Training and Educational Program -- Electricity and Gas Suppliers - (a) The Commission shall develop a training and educational program...

Section 7-312 - Billing Information Provided Upon Request -- Form of Information - (a) On request of a retail electricity customer, an electric...

Section 7-313 - Gas Service Regulator Location -- Exemption -- Installation Away From Vehicular Traffic and Other External Forces -- Reports on Progress of Implementation Plan - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-314 - Maintenance of Customer Subscriptions and Contracts Following Change of Address -- Accommodation by Electric Company - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTERS 265 AND...

Subtitle 4 - Energy Conservation Building Standards

Section 7-401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 7-402 - Scope of Subtitle - Except as provided in § 7-406(c) of this subtitle, the...

Section 7-403 - Certificate of Compliance With Energy Code - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 7-404 - Waiver - (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Department...

Section 7-405 - Duties of Electric Company - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 7-406 - Duties and Liabilities of Builder to Purchaser - (a) (1) A builder subject to the provisions of this...

Section 7-407 - Penalties - (a) A person who fails or causes another to fail...

Section 7-408 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as the Energy Conservation Building...

Subtitle 5 - Electric Industry Restructuring

Part I - General Provisions

Section 7-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 7-502 - Exemptions for Small Rural Electric Cooperatives - (a) Except as required under subsection (b) of this section,...

Part II - Electric Industry Restructuring Enabled

Section 7-504 - Purpose of Subtitle - The General Assembly finds and declares that the purpose of...

Section 7-505 - Transition to a Restructured Electric Industry - (a) (1) In assessing and approving each electric company’s restructuring...

Section 7-506 - Distribution Services - (a) The electric company in a distribution territory shall provide...

Section 7-507 - Licenses to Supply Electricity - (a) A person, other than an electric company providing standard...

Section 7-508 - Transfer of Assets - (a) An electric company may transfer any of its generation...

Section 7-509 - Electric Company's Authority to Regulate - (a) (1) On and after the initial implementation date, the...

Section 7-510 - Phased Implementation of Customer Choice - (a) (1) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the...

Section 7-510.1 - Customer Education on Customer Choice - (a) The Commission shall educate customers about customer choice in...

Section 7-510.2 - Customer Choice Shopping Website for Electricity Suppliers - (a) The Commission shall establish a customer choice shopping website...

Section 7-510.3 - Community Choice Aggregation Pilot Program -- Actions by County Prior to Initiating the Process -- Filing With Commission -- Notice to Residential and Small Commercial Electric Customers -- Permission to County Inferred -- Automatic... - (a) In this section, “small commercial electric customer” means a...

Section 7-511 - Competitive Billing and Metering - (a) Except for electric cooperatives and municipal electric utilities: (1)...

Section 7-512 - Previously Unregulated Electric Companies - (a) This section and § 7-513 of this subtitle apply...

Section 7-512.1 - Universal Service Program - (a) (1) The Commission shall establish an electric universal service...

Section 7-513 - Transition Costs - (a) (1) In accordance with this subsection, an electric company...

Section 7-514 - Investigations of Anticompetitive Conduct - (a) (1) On complaint or on its own motion, for...

Section 7-515 - Interstate Competition - An electricity supplier that also provides distribution service, or that...

Section 7-516 - Transition Procedures - (a) (1) In recognition of the potential environmental impacts of...

Section 7-517 - Short Title - This subtitle may be referred to as the “Electric Customer...

Part III - Rate Stabilization

Section 7-520 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...

Section 7-521 - Applicability - This part applies to an electric company that: (1) has...

Section 7-522 - Filing Rate Stabilization Plan - (a) An electric company subject to this part may file...

Section 7-523 - Deferrals - (a) The Commission may require that a deferral of expenses...

Section 7-524 - Tariffs Implementing Rate Stabilization Plan; Application for Qualified Rate Order - (a) Tariffs implementing a rate stabilization plan may provide that:...

Section 7-525 - Recovery of Actual Cost of Deferred Expenses - (a) The Commission may authorize an electric company to recover,...

Section 7-526 - Application for Qualified Rate Order - (a) An electric company may apply to the Commission for...

Section 7-527 - Order to Include Costs and Recovery Time Period - (a) The qualified rate order shall set forth the rate...

Section 7-528 - Effectiveness and Irrevocability; Review - (a) A qualified rate order shall become effective in accordance...

Section 7-529 - Time Limit for Commission's Decision - The Commission shall make a final decision on the issuance...

Section 7-530 - Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges -- Imposition and Collection Are Nonbypassable - A qualified rate order approved by the Commission shall include...

Section 7-531 - Commission to Establish Procedures and Time Frames for Review - The Commission shall establish specific procedures and time frames for...

Section 7-532 - Termination, Expiration, and Extension of Orders - (a) A qualified rate order shall terminate and expire 1...

Section 7-533 - Retiring and Refunding Bonds - (a) At the request of an electric company, the Commission...

Section 7-534 - Modified or Additional Qualified Rate Orders - (a) At the request of an electric company, the Commission...

Section 7-535 - Bond Not Debt, Liability, or Pledge of State or Governmental Unit - (a) A rate stabilization bond issued under this part is...

Section 7-536 - Permissible Provisions of Order - A qualified rate order under this part that authorizes the...

Section 7-537 - Rate Stabilization Property - (a) The rights and interests of an electric company or...

Section 7-538 - Exemption From Taxes and Charges - A transaction that involves the transfer and ownership of rate...

Section 7-539 - Status of Agreement as Sale - (a) An agreement by an electric company or assignee to...

Section 7-540 - Interest of Assignee or Pledgee Not Subject to Setoff, Counterclaim, Surcharge, or Defense; Order Effective Despite Bankruptcy - (a) The interest of an assignee or pledgee in rate...

Section 7-541 - Required Statements in Electric Bills - (a) (1) The electric bill of an electric company that...

Section 7-542 - Liens or Assignments of Rate Stabilization Property - (a) (1) Rate stabilization property does not constitute an account...

Section 7-543 - Successors to Perform and Satisfy Obligations - (a) This section applies to a person that is a...

Section 7-544 - Assignees or Financing Parties Not Considered Public Service Company or Electric Supplier - An assignee or financing party may not be considered to...

Part IV - Rate Stabilization -- Specific Provisions

Section 7-547 - Scope of Part - This part applies to an investor-owned electric company that has...

Section 7-548 - Rate Stabilization Plans and Recovery of Costs - (a) (1) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,...

Section 7-549 - Recovery of Actual Costs of Carrying Costs and Expenses - (a) In this section, “actual cost” means the costs and...

Subtitle 6 - Natural Gas Supplier Licensing and Consumer Protection

Section 7-601 - "Consumer" and "Customer" Defined - In this subtitle, “consumer” and “customer” each means a retail...

Section 7-602 - Legislative Findings; Purpose of Subtitle - The General Assembly finds and declares that the purpose of...

Section 7-603 - Licensing; Authority of Commission - (a) The Commission shall license gas suppliers and shall have...

Section 7-604 - Consumer Protection Orders or Regulations - (a) On or before July 1, 2001, the Commission shall...

Section 7-604.1 - Customer Choice Shopping Website for Natural Gas Suppliers - (a) The Commission shall establish a customer choice shopping website...

Section 7-605 - Construction of Subtitle; Dispute Resolution - (a) This subtitle may not be construed to: (1) affect...

Section 7-606 - Regulations - The Commission may adopt regulations or adopt orders to implement...

Section 7-607 - Short Title - This subtitle may be referred to as the “Natural Gas...

Subtitle 7 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard

Section 7-701 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 7-702 - Intent and Findings - (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to:...

Section 7-703 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - (a) (1) (i) The Commission shall implement a renewable energy...

Section 7-704 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard -- Eligibility for Inclusion in Meeting Standards - (a) (1) Energy from a Tier 1 renewable source: (i)...

Section 7-704.1 - Application for Offshore Wind Project - (a) (1) The General Assembly finds and declares that: (i)...

Section 7-704.2 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard -- Offshore Wind Energy Component - (a) (1) The Commission shall determine the offshore wind energy...

Section 7-705 - Compliance; Failure to Comply - (a) Each electricity supplier shall submit a report to the...

Section 7-706 - Recovery of Costs or Compliance Fees; Waiver - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 7-708 - Renewable Electricity Trading System - (a) (1) The Commission shall establish and maintain a market-based...

Section 7-709 - Renewable Energy Credits - (a) An electricity supplier may use accumulated renewable energy credits...

Section 7-710 - Administration Fee - The Commission may impose an administrative fee on a renewable...

Section 7-711 - Power to Investigate and Examine - (a) The Commission has the same power and authority with...

Section 7-712 - Reporting - Subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on...

Section 7-713 - Regulations - The Commission shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of...

Section 7-714 - Power Plant Research Program Study - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2023 PER CHAPTER 757 OF...

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Maryland Statutes Division I - Public Services and Utilities Title 7 - Gas, Electric, and Water Companies

Maryland Statutes
Division I - Public Services and Utilities
Title 7 - Gas, Electric, and Water Companies