# COMAR Title 20 — Public Service Commission

## Subtitle 52 — Electric Standard Offer Service

### Chapter 04 — Electric Supply Service Procurement

#### Regulation .01 Procurement by Investor-Owned Utilities.

*COMAR 20.52.04.01*

A. Except for HPS or under Regulation .02D and E of this chapter, a utility shall procure the electricity needed to provide service under this subtitle during the service periods stated in COMAR 20.52.02 only through a competitive wholesale bidding process approved by the Commission.

B. Model Request for Proposals and Utility Bid Plan.

  (1) A utility shall base the competitive bidding process required by this regulation on the model request for proposals and a utility bid plan approved by the Commission.

  (2) The model request for proposals shall include a provision designed to eliminate a bid proposal for residential standard offer service that contains a price anomaly.

  (3) The model request for proposals may be altered by a utility bid plan only if it is necessary to conform to utility specific conditions.

  (4) Utility Bid Plan.

    (a) A utility bid plan shall include:

      (i) A bidding schedule;

      (ii) A description of the power supply blocks on which potential suppliers shall bid;

      (iii) Bid price formats;

      (iv) The time period during which the power will need to be supplied for each power supply block;

      (v) Bid submission instructions and format; and

      (vi) Bid evaluation criteria.

    (b) A utility may include in its bid plan reasonable credit requirements, cash collateral, or other assurance of the bidder's ability to perform, as approved by the Commission.