- A. The applicant, the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel, the Commission’s technical staff, and any other interested persons shall engage in negotiations for the purpose of reaching a settlement agreement.
- B. If an agreement is reached, it shall be reduced to writing in the form of a stipulation and settlement with such exhibits as are appropriate.
- C. A stipulation and settlement derived under §A of this regulation shall be filed with the Commission together with a summary letter from technical staff and the technical staff report.
- D. Upon filing as described by §C of this regulation, the stipulation and settlement shall be assigned a case number and treated as any other case which is filed with the Commission.
- E. If no agreement is reached under §A of this regulation, the applicant may file a request for a revision of its retail rates under Public Utilities Article, §§4-203(a) and 4-204, Annotated Code of Maryland.
Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-113, 2-121, and 4-203(c), Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: April 22, 2019 (46:8 Md. R. 402)