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<chapter num="15" heading="Data Exchange" title_num="20" subtitle_num="63">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>This chapter applies to enrollment transactions and data exchanged between an electric distribution company and a CCA or its designated agents.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Standards.">
    <text>For all data exchanges aside from exchanges using Maryland standard electronic data exchange, per COMAR 20.53.01.03, electric companies and a CCA shall mutually agree upon a standardized approach subject to Commission approval.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Cybersecurity.">
    <text>CCA and electric companies shall maintain the exchange of data in a manner consistent with good cybersecurity practice.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Electric Company Instructions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>An electric company shall provide a CCA with written instructions on how to access, via the approved Commission methods, the customer lists and other information provided under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>An electric company may provide data exchange procedures for CCAs via tariff.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Operating Procedures.">
    <text>A CCA shall comply with directions provided by an electric company regarding transmission and security of customer data.</text>
  </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>