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<chapter num="19" heading="SOS Risk Mitigation and Pilot Annual Reporting" title_num="20" subtitle_num="63">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>This regulation addresses the responsibilities of a county serving as a CCA to monitor and mitigate the risks to SOS from the potential for customers to migrate from CCA service to SOS.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="CCA Monthly Reporting.">
    <text>A CCA shall, on a monthly basis, monitor and file with the Commission, and file copies in all Commission dockets pertaining to the SOS Procurement Improvement Process and Community Choice Aggregation, the following data on a calendar monthly basis beginning with the data for the second month after the start of the transition of accounts to CCA service, and the filing shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The number of accounts enrolled in CCA service, broken down by electric company rate class and electric company service territory;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The number of accounts which leave  CCA service each month broken down by electric company rate class and electric company service territory;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Rates, charges, and fees for each service option provided by the CCA for each electric company service area;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>The renewable energy content for each service option provided by the CCA for each electric company service area;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Monthly total enrollment for each service option provided by the CCA for each electric company service area;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>Summary of customer complaints received by the CCA;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>Explanation of anticipated changes in service offerings;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="H.">
      <text>Summary of CCA procurement by electric company service area; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="I.">
      <text>Explanation of anticipated changes in CCA procurement.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Risk Mitigation Monitoring.">
    <text>As soon as practicable, but in no circumstance more than 30 days after the CCA becomes aware of the information requiring notification under this regulation,  if the CCA determines that sufficient migration may occur that would trigger detrimental SOS procurement changes prior to or during the next SOS procurement cycle or subsequent SOS procurement cycles, the CCA shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Notify the Commission, the Procurement Improvement Process Workgroup, the electric companies serving accounts in Montgomery County, and other interested parties;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Consult with the Commission staff, the electric companies serving accounts in Montgomery County, the Office of People’s Counsel, and Prince George’s County; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Recommend to the Commission a course of action to mitigate detrimental impact to SOS service or SOS customers.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Risk Mitigation.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The CCA shall employ measures to mitigate price volatility for CCA customers, as referenced in the CCA’s Aggregation Plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The CCA shall employ measures to mitigate the risk of Aggregation Suppliers’ or other suppliers’ failure to provide contracted services, as referenced in the CCA’s Aggregation Plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Pilot Annual Reporting.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The purpose of this regulation is to provide necessary data for annual reporting of the Community Choice Energy Workgroup.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The CCA shall provide the following information to the Commission on or before August 1 of each year that the CCA provides supply service in the county, and the filing shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Rates, charges, and fees for each service option provided by the CCA for 12 months prior to June 1 of that year for each electric company service area;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The renewable energy content for each service option provided by the CCA for 12 months prior to June 1 of that year for each electric company service area;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Monthly total enrollment for each service option provided by the CCA for 12 months prior to June 1 of that year for each electric company service area;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Summary of customer complaints received by the CCA for 12 months prior to June 1 of that year;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Explanation of anticipated changes in service offerings over the next 12 months;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Summary of CCA procurement by electric company service area over the past 12 months; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Explanation of anticipated changes in CCA procurement over the next 12 months.</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>