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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 18.08.01.02" title_num="18" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="01" heading="Companies Subject to the Tax.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The tax has two parts:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A gross receipts tax on electric, gas, and telephone companies; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For electric and gas companies, a tax based on the kilowatt hours of electricity or therms of natural gas delivered by the company for final consumption in the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>County and municipal utilities and nonprofit electric cooperatives are not subject to the gross receipts tax, but are subject to the tax based on kilowatt hours of electricity delivered. County and municipal utilities are not subject to the tax based on therms of natural gas delivered.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An interstate natural gas pipeline is subject to both the gross receipts tax and the tax based on therms of natural gas delivered if the company delivers natural gas for final consumption to a customer in this State.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>