# COMAR Title 20 — Public Service Commission

## Subtitle 45 — Service Supplied by Telephone Companies

### Chapter 07 — Provision of Facilities

**Authority:** Public Utilities Article, §§2-118, 2-121, and 5-101, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: January 1, 1976 (Order No. 61496)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 amended effective January 23, 1981 (8:2 Md. R. 117)

**Administrative History:** Chapter revised effective March 18, 2013 (40:5 Md. R. 412)

#### Regulation .01 Planning Policy.

*COMAR 20.45.07.01*

In planning telephone service, it shall be the responsibility of each utility to provide the type and quantities of facilities that will meet the expected communications service demands of the public in the most economical manner possible that is consistent with current and long range service standards and modernization objectives.

#### Regulation .02 Plant Modification.

*COMAR 20.45.07.02*

In planning the modernization of a plant, the objective shall be to systematically replace and augment the older plant as rapidly as practical consistent with sound management judgment in meeting current customer service requirements and objectives.