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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 20.63.04.01" title_num="20" subtitle_num="63" chapter_num="04" heading="Transition from Standard Offer Service.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Customer Information Update for the Opt-Out Notice. A county may request, from an electric company,data provided under COMAR 20.63.03.04C.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>CCA Opt-Out Notice. No less than 45 days prior to the start of CCA service, a county shall mail a notice, including the following information, to all residential and small commercial customers:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Name, Commission Supplier License number, and identification of which Aggregation Suppliers are providing CCA Basic Service and, if applicable, CCA Optional Services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Terms and conditions of service for CCA Basic Service and, if applicable, CCA Optional Services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Rates, charges, and fees for CCA Basic Service and, if applicable, CCA Optional Services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A comparison of the CCA Basic Service and CCA Optional Services rates with applicable SOS rates;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Information on how a customer may select:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>SOS service by contacting the electric company;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>CCA service by responding to the notice affirmatively selecting the CCA or through a direct application process; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Competitive retail supply by visiting the Commission’s shopping website (www.mdelectricchoice.com) and contacting a competitive supplier to enroll;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Information on the total renewable component of electricity provided under:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>CCA Basic Service; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>CCA Optional Supply Services, if applicable;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A comparison of the renewable content of the CCA Basic Service with that required by current State law;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>An explanation of the following enrollment procedures:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The means a customer may use to refuse to participate in the CCA service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>That the customer will receive CCA Basic Service if they take no action unless the customer is served by a retail supplier; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>That the CCA will not switch a customer on a retail choice contract to the CCA without the customer’s affirmative selection of the applicable CCA service;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Information on how to access a copy of the CCA’s customer information privacy policy;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Information about customer protection; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>A reference to the CCA’s website for the information in this section.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Notice of Opportunity to Opt-Out of CCA Service.  The CCA shall provide, in the notice required in §B of this regulation, instructions on all methods by which a customer can refuse or opt out of CCA Basic Service by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Responding to the CCA with the customer’s choice to refuse to participate;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Request of the customer to the electric company to choose to retain or select SOS; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Contracting for retail supply from another retail electricity supplier.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Processing of Opt-Out Notices and Enrollments.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A county in the process of forming a CCA shall be prepared to accept and record a customer’s request to opt-out of CCA service no less than 1 day prior to sending the notice required by Public Utilities Article, §7-510.3 (d)(1)(ii), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Opt-Out Period. A county shall allow a customer at least 36 days from the date of mailing to respond to the opt-out notice described in §B of this regulation before determining the customer’s choice of the CCA.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Provision of Account Numbers. An electric company shall provide, upon request of a CCA, an update of the list provided under COMAR 20.63.03.04C with the following modifications:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An electric company shall provide account numbers solely for customers who are not, as of the date and time the report is generated, enrolled with a retail supplier or have not contacted the electric company to select SOS.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An electric company shall notify the CCA of a customer’s request to retain or select SOS.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Any additional information needed by the CCA to enroll a customer to CCA supply service shall be provided by an electric company for customer accounts for which account numbers are provided according to §D(3)(a) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A CCA may not enroll a customer who contacts the CCA or the customer’s electric company to refuse participation in the CCA unless the customer subsequently affirmatively selects the CCA.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A CCA may transmit enrollment information to an electric company according to the terms of the electric company’s tariff, subject to the following limitations:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Enrollments may not be effective prior to the date approved by the Commission in the CCA’s transition schedule.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Unless otherwise agreed to by the electric company, a CCA may not transmit to a single electric company more than 10,000 account enrollments per day.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Basic Service Offerings.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A CCA shall offer a single CCA Basic Service for residential customers in each applicable electric company service territory.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A CCA shall offer a single CCA Basic Service for small commercial electric customers in each applicable electric company service territory.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Transaction Error Handling. The provisions of COMAR 20.53.04.03 shall apply to an Aggregation Supplier.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>