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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 20.40.02.04" title_num="20" subtitle_num="40" chapter_num="02" heading="Utility and Utility-Affiliate Shared Personnel.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Exceptions. This regulation does not apply to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>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</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Personnel sharing permitted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Permitted Personnel Sharing. Except as provided in §C of this regulation, a utility may share personnel with its affiliate.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Restrictions on Personnel Sharing. A utility may not share with its core service affiliate:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Operational, advertising, marketing, or market research personnel; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Any other individual, if that individual:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Possesses information that is competitively sensitive to the electric or gas supply markets; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Will use this information in the course of performing the shared job function.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>