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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 20.53.05.13" title_num="20" subtitle_num="53" chapter_num="05" heading="Reporting Requirements for Supplier-Consolidated Billing.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A supplier shall record customer complaints according to the following categories:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Call center operations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Unauthorized charges;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Enrollment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Accuracy of billing services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Contract renewal or cancellation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Deposits; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Change in customer’s billing method.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing shall retain for a minimum of 3 years the following information in a monthly format to provide to the Commission and the Office of People’s Counsel upon request:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Number of complaints received by the supplier from customers for the categories identified in §A of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Disputes escalated to CAD;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Number of times a supplier did not charge a customer the correct amount, excluding when a utility invoices the supplier an incorrect billing amount or meter reading;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Call center metrics as described in COMAR 20.53.08.09;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The number of customers dropped for nonpayment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Total arrears resold to the utility, separated by residential and nonresidential;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Average customer arrears repurchased by the utility, separated by residential and nonresidential;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Number of customers to whom the supplier provided budget billing; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Number of bill adjustments initiated by the supplier.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A utility shall retain the following information for supplier-consolidated billing disaggregated by the supplier, in a monthly format for a minimum of 3 years, to provide to the Commission upon request:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The number of customers receiving supplier-consolidated billing services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The number of customers who were dropped from supplier-consolidated billing by a supplier for nonpayment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The number of customers who are using net energy metering or community solar;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Total arrears repurchased by the utility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Average customer arrears repurchased by the utility by residential and nonresidential customers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Volume of retail sales and demand in supplier-consolidated billing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Number of customer enrollments rejected by specific eligibility requirement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Number of customers rejected due to energy assistance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Number of customers dropped from supplier-consolidated billing due to energy assistance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Number of customers who enroll in supplier-consolidated billing that were on budget billing at time of enrollment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Number of times the utility failed to provide charges to the supplier within 3 days; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Number of bill adjustments initiated by the utility for supplier-consolidated billing customers.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>