- A. For contracts signed on or after July 1, 2023, an electricity supplier may not serve a customer in an energy assistance household except pursuant to a Commission-approved contract for energy assistance households.
- B. An electricity supplier applying for approval of a contract for energy assistance households shall file on a form provided by the Commission.
C. The submission shall include:
- (1) The identity of the applicant;
- (2) The service territories and commodities applied for;
- (3) A copy of the contract and contract summary form that will be used for sales to energy assistance households;
- (4) A description of the price a customer will pay, as it will appear on the customer contract;
- (5) For any months where the utility standard offer service rate is not known at the time of application, a description of how the supplier will ensure that the retail supplier’s rate for energy assistance households remains at or below the utility standard offer service rate;
- (6) A commitment for the entirety of the term of the supply contract to charge at or below the utility standard offer service rate;
- (7) A commitment to follow the terms of Public Utilities Article, §4-308, Annotated Code of Maryland; and
- (8) A commitment to uniquely identify the offer in such a way as to distinguish the Commission-approved contract for energy assistance households from other supply products the supplier may be offering for sale in Maryland.
- D. The Commission may approve a supplier’s application for a contract for energy assistance households subject to any conditions the Commission determines appropriate.
Authority: §§2-113, 2-121, 4-308, 5-101, 7-507, and 7-511, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: September 1, 2003 (30:17 Md. R. 1204)
Regulation .01 amended effective March 7, 2022 (49:5 Md. R. 366)
Regulation .02B amended effective April 11, 2005 (32:7 Md. R. 684); September 15, 2014 (41:18 Md. R. 1010); March 7, 2022 (49:5 Md. R. 366)
Regulation .02C, D adopted effective April 11, 2005 (32:7 Md. R. 684)
Regulation .02E, F adopted effective March 7, 2022 (49:5 Md. R. 366)
Regulation .03A amended effective July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 513)
Regulation .07A amended effective March 7, 2022 (49:5 Md. R. 366)
Regulation .08 amended effective April 11, 2005 (32:7 Md. R. 684); March 7, 2022 (49:5 Md. R. 366)
Regulation .08K adopted effective September 15, 2014 (41:18 Md. R. 1010)
Regulation .10 adopted effective July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 513)