Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General before
issuing certain regulations; allowing municipal electric utilities to elect to make
their service territory available for customer choice; requiring municipal electric
utilities to file a certain plan and report by a certain date on a certain status;
providing that certain persons may not engage in the business of competitive
billing services in certain local jurisdictions unless the person holds a certain
license; providing for certain licensure requirements; prohibiting the recovery of
consumer education costs under certain circumstances; requiring the
Commission to establish a certain universal service program; requiring all
customers of electric companies in the State to contribute to the funding of a
universal service program; requiring the Commission to report on a universal
service program and make a certain recommendation; providing for certain
funding of a universal service program; requiring certain actions by the General
Assembly regarding certain funding of the universal service program; requiring
the Commission to consider certain evidence in determining certain costs or
benefits; requiring the Commission to cooperate with and share information
with the Antitrust Division of the Office of the Attorney General; requiring
certain electric companies to continue purchasing electricity under certain
contracts under certain circumstances; prohibiting electricity suppliers and
electric companies from terminating certain customers under certain
circumstances; requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Maryland
Energy Administration, to report by a certain date on the feasibility of requiring
a certain renewable portfolio standard; altering the imposition of the
environmental surcharge to certain customers; extending the termination date
of a certain surcharge; authorizing the Governor to submit a certain budget
amendment from the Revenue Stabilization Fund to be used for certain
education purposes; requiring the Commission to use certain funds during a
certain period to implement a certain program; requiring the Commission to
report by a certain date on a certain recommended consumer education funding
level for a certain time; providing for the implementation of standard offer
service in a certain manner; prohibiting the Commission from requiring
divestiture of certain assets; requiring the Commission to ensure the creation of
certain competitive electricity services in a certain manner; allowing the
Commission to adopt alternative forms of regulation for certain regulated
services; allowing requiring the Commission to limit certain rates for a certain
period; requiring an electric company to provide certain services in certain
territory; requiring certain persons to be licensed by the Commission before
providing electricity supply services in the State, subject to certain
requirements and enforcement mechanisms; allowing an electric company to
transfer or sell certain generation facilities or assets in a certain manner,
subject to certain review by the Commission for certain purposes; providing for
the opportunity to recover certain costs by certain means and secured or
obtained in certain manners; requiring the phased implementation of customer
choice for electric customers in the State in a certain manner by certain dates,
subject to Commission determination and certain contingencies; establishing
the obligation of an electric company to serve customers after a certain date;
requiring the implementation of competitive motoring and billing on certain
dates; providing for investigation of market power in certain manners, subject to