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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="2-118" title_number="2" title_name="Public Service Commission and People's Counsel" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Public Service Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>taxicabs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>powerboat companies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>toll bridges;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>towing and lightering companies; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>small rural electric cooperatives described in § 7-502(a) of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission shall require each public service company subject to its jurisdiction to formulate and, after approval by the Commission, to implement long-range plans to provide regulated service.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commission shall require each electric company in the State to include in the long-range plan adequate, cost-effective provisions to promote energy conservation to decrease or moderate electric and, as appropriate, natural gas demand for regulated service from customers.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall review each plan for adequacy under the criteria of § 2-113 of this subtitle, giving attention to the interrelationship of services of other public service companies and to provisions for research and development to ensure adequate service.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>As part of the review, and subject to any applicable Freedom of Information Act, the Commission shall consult with other State units and provide an opportunity for public comment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission shall require the revisions to a plan that the Commission considers appropriate unless the authority to review and approve a plan has been granted to another State unit by other law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
