# Public Utilities (GPU)

## Title 4. Rate Regulation

### Subtitle 2. Rate Setting Proceedings

#### Section 4-209

(a) With respect to the net capital costs associated with the relocation underground of utility lines and facilities in connection with projects required by Sec. 8-401 of the Land Use Article, the Commission shall:

  (1) set the amount of the monthly surcharge required to support the costs and determine which customers of the applicable utility are subject to the surcharge;

  (2) include in the rate base the related net capital costs; or

  (3) adopt another method to apportion the costs appropriately.

(b) A utility may not be required to pay more than 50% of the net capital costs of a relocation project.

(c) A county or municipal corporation may appropriate money for a relocation project from appropriate federal, State, and local funds it receives for this purpose.

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