# Public Utilities (GPU)

## Title 19. Ethics

### Subtitle 1

#### Section 19-105

(a) A commissioner or employee of the Commission who receives an ex parte communication that concerns a case where a determination or decision is required by law to be made only after a public hearing for interested parties shall make the ex parte communication public and part of the record of the proceeding.

(b) A commissioner or employee of the Commission who receives an ex parte communication that concerns the merits of a case where the commissioner's or employee's determination or decision is required by law to be made only after a public hearing for interested parties shall:

  (1) note the substance of an oral ex parte communication for the record; and

  (2) place the substance of a written ex parte communication on the record.

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