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Regulation .05 Supplier-Consolidated Billing.

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A.
A supplier may elect to use supplier-consolidated billing upon receiving licensing that authorizes the provision of supplier-consolidated billing.
B.
When an authorized supplier elects to use supplier-consolidated billing, a utility and a supplier shall transmit consumption, billing, payment, and related data to each other using electronic transactions approved by the Commission.
C.
A utility may not obligate a supplier to purchase a customer’s arrears from the utility or from another supplier.
D.
Utility Access to Supplier Bills for Supplier-Consolidated Billing.
(1)
A supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing services shall make a customer’s bill available to the utility in an electronic format.
(2)
A utility provided access to a customer’s supplier-consolidated billing information that includes supplier charges may not:
(a)
Use the information to market sales service;
(b)
Use the information to research or market other utility service; or
(c)
Without Commission authorization, share any information the utility gains through access to the supplier bill with the utility’s nonregulated affiliates or any other nongovernmental entity.