# Public Utilities (GPU)

## Title 2. Public Service Commission and People's Counsel

### Subtitle 3. Ethics

#### Section 2-306

(a) Until at least 2 years have passed after leaving service as a commissioner or the People's Counsel, an individual may not:

  (1) represent a public service company before the Commission;

  (2) appear before the Commission on behalf of a party to a Commission proceeding; or

  (3) appear before the Commission on a matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

(b) Until at least 1 year has passed after leaving service with the Commission as the General Counsel or a public utility law judge, an individual may not:

  (1) represent a public service company before the Commission;

  (2) appear before the Commission on behalf of a party to a Commission proceeding; or

  (3) appear before the Commission on a matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

(c) Until at least 1 year has passed after leaving service with the Commission as a commissioner, an individual may not receive financial benefit that is not otherwise generally available to the public as a customer of a public service company from:

  (1) a public service company that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission; or

  (2) a person that directly or indirectly, or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a public service company that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

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