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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 20.59.05.09" title_num="20" subtitle_num="59" chapter_num="05" heading="Supplier-Consolidated Billing Purchase of Receivables.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing shall purchase the regulated receivables of the utility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Partial Payment Priority.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The supplier shall apply a customer’s partial payment of a supplier-consolidated bill in the following order:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Utility arrearages and supplier commodity arrearages in proportion to the relative proportion of their sum;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Current utility charges and current supplier commodity charges in proportion to the relative proportion of their sum; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Noncommodity Charges.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a supplier’s commodity charge is bundled with noncommodity charges, and the supplier is unable to separate the commodity and noncommodity prices, the supplier shall consider the bundled charge as a noncommodity product for the purpose of payment posting.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Partial Payment Priority if a Supplier Provides Both Gas and Electricity on the Same Bill.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The supplier shall divide customer payments into two equal amounts and apply one half to gas receivables and the other half to electricity receivables.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The supplier shall apply the payments in §C(1) of this regulation following the payment posting system in §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>In the event a customer payment satisfies the entirety of a gas or electric arrearage, any remainder of the customer’s payment will be allocated to the other arrearage before applying revenue to current charges in §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A noncommodity charge in §B of this regulation shall be paid after all gas and electricity utility and supplier commodity receivables have been paid.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If a customer disputes a charge:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The supplier shall credit the customer’s payment to the undisputed portion of the account; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A utility may not count the number of days a charge is disputed with CAD or the Commission toward the limit on the number of days a supplier has to sell customer arrearages to the utility under Regulation .10D(2) of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A charge is considered disputed under §D of this regulation if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A customer has filed a dispute with the Commission;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The utility has communicated to the supplier that the utility considers the charge under dispute; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The supplier has communicated to the utility that the supplier considers the charge under dispute.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>