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<chapter num="04" heading="Transfers of Service" title_num="20" subtitle_num="63">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" 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>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Procedure for Enrolling New Accounts by Default.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Upon completion of enrollment of customers under Regulation .01 of this chapter, a CCA may request every business day a list of all customers not included in the list provided in COMAR 20.63.03.04C as well as customers dropped from retail supply service to SOS service since the last list was provided.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>For each new customer, this list shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Account name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Service address;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Billing address;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Retail choice status;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>CCA opt-out status;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Utility rate class or code;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Account numbers for customers who have not selected a retail supplier or have not contacted the utility to select SOS or have declined to participate in the CCA; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>Any additional information needed to enroll a customer to retail supply service for customer accounts for which account numbers are provided according to §B(7) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>An electric company shall provide this information in accordance with the data transfer procedures, as described in COMAR 20.63.15.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>New Customer Account Enrollments.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A CCA may transmit enrollment information for a customer account listed in §A of this regulation to an electric company according to the terms of the electric company’s tariff.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A CCA may not submit an enrollment for a customer account for which the customer has contacted the CCA to opt-out unless that customer later affirmatively selects the CCA for the account in question.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Public Utilities Article, §§1–101(b), (f), and (k), 7–306(f)(5) and (h), 7–306.2(d)(3), 7–507(a), 7–510(f) and 7–510.3, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: February 5, 2024 (51:2 Md. R. 76)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>