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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 20.54.03.05" title_num="20" subtitle_num="54" chapter_num="03" heading="Gas Supplier License — Cessation of Business.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A licensee shall provide 60 days prior written notice to the Commission of an intention to cease providing service in the State to all customers:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In a specified gas company service area;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Within a specified customer class; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A specified type of billing.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Following receipt of the notice required by §A of this regulation, the Commission may require the licensee to provide notice to the public and take other appropriate action.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If a supplier ceases providing a particular type of billing service, notice to customers, at a minimum, shall specify the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>That the supplier will no longer provide the specific type of billing service to customers in the State, service territory, or to a customer class, as applicable;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The billing method to which the customer will be subject after the supplier ceases to offer the current billing method it was providing; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The date on which the customer's current billing service will cease and the new billing service will begin.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If the supplier that is ceasing a specific type of billing service intends to retain a customer on a different billing model, the supplier shall follow COMAR 20.59.05.06.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>