# Public Utilities (GPU)

## Title 7. Gas, Electric, and Water Companies

### Subtitle 1. General Provisions

#### Section 7-108

(a)

  (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

  (2) "Affiliate" has the meaning stated in Sec. 7-501 of this title.

  (3) "Meeting" means any committee, user group, task force, or other part of the regional transmission organization in which votes are taken.

  (4) "Recorded vote" means a vote that is tabulated, either individually or as part of a sector, for any purpose at a meeting, regardless of:

    (i) whether the vote represents a final position of any person casting the vote; or

    (ii) the decision-making authority of those voting.

  (5) "Regional transmission organization" means an entity that qualifies as a regional transmission organization under 18 C.F.R. Sec. 35.34.

(b) This section does not apply to a municipal electric utility.

(c)

  (1) On or before February 1 each year, each electric company shall submit to the Commission a report on each recorded vote cast by the electric company or, subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a State affiliate of the electric company at a meeting of a regional transmission organization during the immediately preceding calendar year.

  (2) The report shall include:

    (i) all recorded votes cast by the electric company, regardless of whether the vote is otherwise disclosed; and

    (ii) all votes cast by a State affiliate of the electric company if the electric company itself does not vote on the matter.

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