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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="2-113" title_number="2" title_name="Public Service Commission and People's Counsel" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Public Service Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>supervise and regulate the public service companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>ensure their operation in the interest of the public; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>promote adequate, economical, and efficient delivery of utility services in the State without unjust discrimination; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>enforce compliance with the requirements of law by public service companies, including requirements with respect to financial condition, capitalization, franchises, plant, manner of operation, rates, and service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In supervising and regulating public service companies, the Commission shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the public safety;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the economy of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the maintenance of fair and stable labor standards for affected workers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the conservation of natural resources;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the preservation of environmental quality, including protection of the global climate from continued short–term and long–term warming based on the best available scientific information recognized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the achievement of the State’s climate commitments for reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions, including those specified in Title 2, Subtitle 12 of the Environment Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the protection of a public service company’s infrastructure against cybersecurity threats.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The powers and duties listed in this title do not limit the scope of the general powers and duties of the Commission provided for by this division.</text>
  </level>
</section>
