# COMAR Title 20 — Public Service Commission

## Subtitle 53 — Competitive Electricity Supply

### Chapter 05 — Supplier-Utility Coordination, Utility-Consolidated Billing, and Supplier-Consolidated Billing

#### Regulation .09 Customer on Budget Billing with Utility at Time of Switch.

*COMAR 20.53.05.09*

A. If a customer is on budget billing at the time of transfer to supplier-consolidated billing service from utility-consolidated billing or standard offer service, the utility shall provide a customer an alternative payment plan upon request if the budget deficit is greater than $100.

B. The utility shall inform the customer that the customer may be unable to switch to another supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing until a payment plan as described in §A of this regulation is paid in full.

C. A customer may choose to pay the budget deficit in full at any time.