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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor S.B. 581
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Section 7-601 through 7-607 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 6. Natural
Gas Supplier Licensing and Consumer Protection"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 1-101(n) through (nn), respectively, of Article - Public
Utility Companies of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s)
1-101(o) through (bb) and (dd) through (pp), respectively.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:
Article - Public Utility Companies
1-101.
(b) (1) "Aggregator" means an entity or an individual that acts on behalf of a
customer to purchase electricity OR GAS.
(2) "Aggregator" does not include:
(i) an entity or individual that purchases electricity OR GAS for its
own use or for the use of its subsidiaries or affiliates;
(ii) a municipal electric utility OR A MUNICIPAL GAS UTILITY
serving only in its distribution territory; or
(hi) a combination of governmental units that purchases electricity
OR GAS for use by the governmental units.
(c) "Broker" means an entity or individual that acts as an agent or
intermediary in the sale and purchase of electricity OR GAS but does not take title to
electricity OR GAS.
(N) (1) "GAS SUPPLIER" MEANS A PERSON WHO:
(I) SELLS:
1. GAS;
2. GAS SUPPLY SERVICES; OR
3. COMPETITIVE BILLING SERVICES FOR GAS SUPPLY
SERVICES; OR
(II) PURCHASES, BROKERS, ARRANGES, OR MARKETS GAS OR GAS
SUPPLY SERVICES FOR SALE TO A RETAIL GAS CUSTOMER.
(2) "GAS SUPPLIER" INCLUDES AN AGGREGATOR, A BROKER, AND A
MARKETER OF GAS.
(3) "GAS SUPPLIER" DOES NOT INCLUDE:
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