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Chapter 03. Pre-Enrollment Information

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Regulation .01 Supplier Customer Consent — Pre-Enrollment.Copy Citation

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A.
Pre-Enrollment Customer Information. Before requesting precontracting customer information described in Regulation .02 of this chapter from a utility, a supplier shall:
(1)
Notify the customer of its intention to request customer information from a utility; and
(2)
Obtain the customer's consent for release of the customer's information from the utility.
B.
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.
C.
Customer Consent Record.
(1)
A customer's consent under §A(2) of this regulation is valid for a time mutually agreed to by the customer and the supplier.
(2)
Consent Records.
(a)
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.
(b)
A supplier's customer consent records are subject to audit by the Commission.
D.
A customer's consent under this regulation is not a contract or enrollment for supplier services.

Regulation .02 Pre-Enrollment Information.Copy Citation

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A.
On request of a supplier, a utility shall provide the following applicable customer information:
(1)
Account name;
(2)
Billing address;
(3)
Service address;
(4)
Utility account number and any other number designated by the utility as necessary to process an enrollment;
(5)
Bill cycle;
(6)
Voltage level;
(7)
Utility rate class or code;
(8)
Energy assistance household status;
(9)
Load profile;
(10)
Meter number;
(11)
Meter type;
(12)
Multiple meter indicator;
(13)
Peak load contribution;
(14)
Metered demand;
(15)
Billed demand;
(16)
Monthly historical demand for the previous 12 months;
(17)
Monthly historical consumption for the previous 12 months;
(18)
Monthly time-of-use data for the previous 12 months; and
(19)
Interval meter data for the previous 12 months.
B.
A utility shall provide the information in §A of this regulation to a supplier through an electronic transaction approved by the Commission.
Chapter annotations
Authority: §§2-113, 2-121, 40308, 5-101, 7-505, 7-507, 7-511, and 7-603, Annotated Code of Maryland
History: Effective date: July 1, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1865)
History: Regulations .01—.03, Supplier Contracts, repealed and new Regulations .01—.02, Pre-enrollment Information adopted effective June 20, 2008 (35:11 Md. R. 1043)
History: Regulation .02A amended effective March 14, 2016 (43:5 Md. R. 386); July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 513)
History: Regulation .02B amended effective March 7, 2022 (49:5 Md. R. 367)