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<chapter num="20" heading="CCA Coordination Tariff" title_num="20" subtitle_num="63">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>This chapter applies to the use by electric companies of a tariff to govern the requirements for a county serving as a CCA, Aggregation Suppliers, or agents thereof.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Tariffs.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Introduction of a CCA Coordination Tariff.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>An electric company serving customers within Montgomery County shall, within 60 days after the Commission adopts the regulations for final publication, file with the Commission proposed tariff language to address the electric company’s interactions with a CCA for the duration of the Pilot.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>An electric company may incorporate the tariff provisions required by this chapter in the company’s existing Electricity Supplier Coordination Tariff.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Each electric company serving accounts in Montgomery County shall coordinate with the other electric companies serving accounts in Montgomery County to propose consistent tariff provisions.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>An electric company shall include at least the following terms and conditions in its tariff for CCA interactions:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Billing and payment collection;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Dispute resolution;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Financial settlement;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Losses;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Metering services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>PJM interconnection requirements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Scheduling; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>Utility charges.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Pilot Cost Recovery.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Updates to CCA Uncollected Cost Recovery Methods.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>An electric company shall continuously track a CCA’s uncollectible expense, as described in COMAR 20.63.18 for the duration of the Pilot.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>An electric company shall file revised tariffs for CCA uncollectible expense recovery at least annually.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Pilot Administrative Expense Recovery. In addition to those required by §A of this regulation, an electric company shall propose to the Commission a tariff provision that establishes a means to recover the following estimated expenses attributable to the CCA:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Cash working capital component.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Program development cost component.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Purchase of receivable risk component.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Purchase of Receivables Discount Rates.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>An electric company shall propose the recovery of administrative expense required by §B of this regulation as part of a discount rate tariff that is used for purchased receivables for a CCA using utility consolidated billing.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>An electric company shall continuously track a CCA’s administrative expense, as described in §B of this regulation for the duration of the Pilot.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>An electric company shall file revised tariffs for CCA administrative expense recovery at least annually.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>An electric company may propose tariff language to establish a method that is different than §C of this regulation for recovery of CCA administrative expense for a CCA.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>All Commission-approved CCA-related costs incurred by an electric company shall be recovered from the CCA through tariff provisions, per §§B—D of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>An electric company may propose costs related to the Pilot in addition to those listed in §§A and B of this regulation for recovery via the methods described in §C or D of this regulation.</text>
    </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>