1. 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.

2. B. Model Request for Proposals and Utility Bid Plan.

   1. (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. (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. (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. (4) Utility Bid Plan.

      1. (a) A utility bid plan shall include:

         1. (i) A bidding schedule;
         2. (ii) A description of the power supply blocks on which potential suppliers shall bid;
         3. (iii) Bid price formats;
         4. (iv) The time period during which the power will need to be supplied for each power supply block;
         5. (v) Bid submission instructions and format; and
         6. (vi) Bid evaluation criteria.
      2. (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.

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-113, 2-121, 5-101, and 7-510, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: June 7, 2004 (31:11 Md. R. 857)