# Public Utilities (GPU)

## Title 18. Personnel

### Subtitle 1. Personnel Management

#### Section 18-107

(a) The Commission may establish a merit system that includes all of its employees except:

  (1) the general manager, secretary, treasurer, and chief engineer;

  (2) the head of a department;

  (3)

    (i) the inspector general; and

    (ii) any temporary employee of the Office of the Inspector General appointed under Sec. 17-603 of this article; and

  (4) a part time, temporary, or contract employee.

(b) The Commission may:

  (1) appoint or promote a merit system employee to the position of general manager, department head, or inspector general or designate a merit system employee as the general manager, department head, or inspector general on an acting basis;

  (2) retain the employee in the merit system in the position or grade from which the employee was appointed or promoted; and

  (3) continue to exclude the positions of general manager, department head, and inspector general from the merit system.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Util. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)