Md. Code Regs. 20.59.05.05

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 21, October 18, 2024

Section 20.59.05.05 - Supplier-Consolidated Billing

A. A supplier may elect to use supplier-consolidated billing upon receiving licensing that authorizes the provision of supplier-consolidated billing.

B. When an authorized supplier elects to use supplier-consolidated billing, a utility and a supplier shall transmit consumption, billing, payment, and related data to each other using electronic transactions approved by the Commission.

C. A utility may not obligate a supplier to purchase a customer's arrears from the utility or from another supplier.

D. Utility Access to Supplier Bills for Supplier-Consolidated Billing.

(1) A supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing services shall make a customer's bill available to the utility in an electronic format.

(2) A utility provided access to a customer's supplier-consolidated billing information that includes supplier charges may not:

(a) Use the information to market sales service;

(b) Use the information to research or market other utility service; or

(c) Without Commission authorization, share any information the utility gains through access to the supplier bill with the utility's nonregulated affiliates or any other nongovernmental entity.

Md. Code Regs. 20.59.05.05

Regulations .05 amended effective 49:5 Md. R.367, eff. 3/7/2022