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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 20.53.03.01" title_num="20" subtitle_num="53" chapter_num="03" heading="Supplier Customer Consent — Pre-Enrollment.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Pre-Enrollment Customer Information. Before requesting precontracting customer information described in Regulation .02 of this chapter from a utility, a supplier shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Notify the customer of its intention to request customer information from a utility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Obtain the customer's consent for release of the customer's information from the utility.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Notice. The supplier notice required under §A(1) of this regulation shall specify the customer information listed in Regulation .02 of this chapter to be requested from a utility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Customer Consent Record.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A customer's consent under §A(2) of this regulation is valid for a time mutually agreed to by the customer and the supplier.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Consent Records.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A supplier shall maintain a record of a customer's consent under §A(2) of this regulation for a period of not less than 180 days from the expiration of the customer's consent.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A supplier's customer consent records are subject to audit by the Commission.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A customer's consent under this regulation is not a contract or enrollment for supplier services.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>