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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 20.63.11.03" title_num="20" subtitle_num="63" chapter_num="11" heading="Aggregation Plan Approval Process.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Filing Schedule and Requirements.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A county, when initiating a process to form a CCA, shall file with the Commission the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A notice of intent to form a CCA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A copy of the County’s Aggregation Plan;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A draft local law forming the CCA;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Proposed terms of service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Proposed categories of charges;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Proposed categories of fees; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Proposed costs unrelated to actual cost of the electricity supply.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A county may not initiate a process to form a CCA unless the county has:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Met the preliminary requirements in §B of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Committed to CCA formation on or after December 31, 2023; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Received from the Commission approval of a petition to initiate a process to form a CCA.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Preliminary Requirements. A county may not initiate a process to form a CCA unless it has, at least 60 days prior, performed the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Developed an Aggregation Plan consistent with Regulation .02 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Filed with the Commission a petition for approval of the county’s intention to initiate a process to form a CCA and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Included in its petition proof of the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Provision of a written notice of the Aggregation Plan to each residential and small commercial electric customer in the county using a list provided by each electric company serving the county’s residents and businesses;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Publication of a fair summary of the Aggregation Plan in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Publication, on the county’s website, of the full text of the Aggregation Plan;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Aggregation Plan Discovery Requests.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A county, after filing the petition with the Commission described in §B(2) of this regulation, shall make reasonable efforts to respond within 10 business days to information requests, including data requests, sent to the county regarding the County’s Aggregation Plan unless the Commission imposes a different deadline.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A county shall respond to requests made by the Commission’s technical staff, Maryland Peoples’ Counsel, electric companies serving Montgomery County customers, Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington, and other parties to which the Commission has granted discovery rights.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Objections to discovery and discovery responses shall be made within 3 business days unless otherwise directed by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Approval of an Aggregation Plan. A county may not begin providing CCA service to its residential and small commercial customers until after the following has occurred:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Commission has approved the County’s Aggregation Plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The county has enacted a local law that provides that the county shall act as a CCA.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Approval of Aggregation Plan Changes.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A CCA may not implement material changes to the approved Aggregation Plan without Commission approval.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A CCA shall notify the Commission of any non-material change to the approved Aggregation Plan every 6 months.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>All changes to CCA Basic and Optional Services may not be considered material changes.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>