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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-2005" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Maryland Energy Administration">
  <text>The Administration shall have the following additional duties and responsibilities concerning the State’s preparedness for, and management of, general energy emergencies and shortfalls:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>to prepare contingency plans for mitigating the impact of any severe shortage of fuel resources, including middle distillate oil, motor gasoline, residual fuel oil, and propane gas, on various classes of consumers;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>to work with the United States Department of Energy in preparing and training for an energy emergency response;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>to maintain communications, including computerized electronic communication, with the United States Department of Energy and with neighboring states to obtain and share energy data pertaining to energy emergencies; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>to collect, analyze, evaluate, and maintain on a proprietary basis so as to preserve the confidentiality of its source, data related to managing any energy emergency or shortfall.</text>
  </level>
</section>
