# COMAR Title 20 — Public Service Commission

## Subtitle 40 — Electric and Gas Companies — Affiliate Regulations

### Chapter 02 — Utility Code of Conduct

#### Regulation .04 Utility and Utility-Affiliate Shared Personnel.

*COMAR 20.40.02.04*

A. Exceptions. This regulation does not apply to:

  (1) Employee-sharing between a utility and another utility, or any operating division of the same utility, regulated by the Commission or another state's utility regulatory body; or

  (2) Personnel sharing permitted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

B. Permitted Personnel Sharing. Except as provided in §C of this regulation, a utility may share personnel with its affiliate.

C. Restrictions on Personnel Sharing. A utility may not share with its core service affiliate:

  (1) Operational, advertising, marketing, or market research personnel; or

  (2) Any other individual, if that individual:

    (a) Possesses information that is competitively sensitive to the electric or gas supply markets; and

    (b) Will use this information in the course of performing the shared job function.