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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="7-315" title_number="7" title_name="Gas, Electric, and Water Companies" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consumer Relations">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “residential energy retailer” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an electricity supplier that supplies electricity to residential retail electric customers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a gas supplier that supplies gas to residential retail gas customers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an energy salesperson; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an energy vendor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Residential energy retailer” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Department of General Services when the Department of General Services sells energy under § 7–704.4 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a community choice aggregator under § 7–510.3 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an electricity supplier when supplying electricity to commercial retail electric customers; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a gas supplier that supplies gas to commercial retail gas customers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may adopt regulations to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>require a residential energy retailer to post notices and disclosures required under this title on the retailer’s website:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in a prominent location;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>using at least a certain minimum font size; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>in a format approved by the Commission; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>require or prohibit the use of specific language in a residential energy retailer’s marketing materials, disclaimers, disclosures, and legal documents, including requiring or prohibiting the use of specific language based on service or product type.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commission shall require a residential energy retailer to post on the retailer’s website, in clear and unambiguous language:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the terms and conditions of the residential services and products sold by the retailer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an environmental disclosure, in a format required by the Commission, for the residential services and products sold by the retailer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
