1. (a) Until at least 2 years have passed after leaving service as a commissioner or the People's Counsel, an individual may not:

   1. (1) represent a public service company before the Commission;
   2. (2) appear before the Commission on behalf of a party to a Commission proceeding; or
   3. (3) appear before the Commission on a matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

2. (b) Until at least 1 year has passed after leaving service with the Commission as the General Counsel or a public utility law judge, an individual may not:

   1. (1) represent a public service company before the Commission;
   2. (2) appear before the Commission on behalf of a party to a Commission proceeding; or
   3. (3) appear before the Commission on a matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

3. (c) Until at least 1 year has passed after leaving service with the Commission as a commissioner, an individual may not receive financial benefit that is not otherwise generally available to the public as a customer of a public service company from:

   1. (1) a public service company that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission; or
   2. (2) a person that directly or indirectly, or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a public service company that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

Added by Acts 1998, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1998. Amended by Acts 2015, c. 217, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, c. 223, § 1, eff. June 1, 2015.

Formerly Art. 78, § 16A.