# COMAR Title 20 — Public Service Commission

## Subtitle 85 — Construction of Underground Electric and Communication Facilities for Residential and Non-Residential Customers

### Chapter 01 — Non-Residential Electric Underground Facilities

#### Regulation .09 Construction.

*COMAR 20.85.01.09*

A. To the extent practicable, electric cables, communications cables, and gas pipes shall be installed in the same trench, care being taken to conform to any applicable code and utility specification.

B. Upon timely application, an electric company shall allow any person precluded from using overhead facilities as set forth in Regulation .08B, of this chapter, joint use of its open trenches wherever reasonable and technically feasible in accordance with mutually agreeable terms and conditions.