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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 20.31.01.04" title_num="20" subtitle_num="31" chapter_num="01" heading="Utility Responsibilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A utility may terminate electric or gas service, or both, in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle. However, the utility shall use its discretion in unusual circumstances, including a situation involving a master-metered building, and may not terminate service if it has or is presented with reasonable grounds to believe that termination will endanger human health, life, or safety.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>This subtitle contains minimum requirements, and a utility may expand upon these requirements so as to provide further protections for its customers, in a manner best suited to that utility's service area and other factors.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Each utility shall provide its customers with a reasonable opportunity to contest the proposed termination in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>