§ 2-110. Commission expenses
West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic UtilitiesEffective: October 1, 2021
Effective: October 1, 2021
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 2-110
Formerly cited as MD PUBLIC UTIL COMP § 2-110
§ 2-110. Commission expenses
(a) In this section, “public service company” includes an electricity supplier and a gas supplier as those terms are defined in § 1-101 of this article.
(b)(1) The costs and expenses of the Commission and the Office of People's Counsel shall be borne by the public service companies that are subject to the Commission's jurisdiction.
(c)(1)(i) Before each State fiscal year, the Chairman of the Commission shall estimate the Commission's total costs and expenses, including:
2. the ratio of the gross operating revenues for the public service company derived from intrastate utility and electricity supplier operations in the preceding calendar year, or other 12-month period as the Chairman determines, to the total of the gross operating revenues derived from intrastate utility and electricity supplier operations for all public service companies that are billed under this section over that period.
(ii) To the extent that the Commission requires an electric company to report the gross operating revenue derived from intrastate utility and electricity supplier operation in order to calculate the bill under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, a small rural electric cooperative described in § 7-502(a) of this article may satisfy the requirement by submitting to the Commission an estimate made in accordance with a formula approved by the Commission from information that the small rural electric cooperative submits to the rural utilities service.
(ii) If the amounts collected are less than the actual costs and expenses of the Commission and the Office of the People's Counsel, after deducting the amounts recovered under §§ 2-111(a) and 2-123 of this subtitle, on or before October 15, the Chairman shall send to any public service company that is affected a statement that shows the amount due.
(iii) If the amounts collected exceed the actual costs and expenses of the Commission and the Office of the People's Counsel for the preceding fiscal year, the Commission shall deduct any excess retained funds from the appropriation for the next fiscal year before the Commission determines the amount to be paid by each public service company for the next fiscal year under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(i) 0.25% of the public service company's gross operating revenues derived from intrastate utility and electricity supplier operations in the preceding calendar year, or other 12-month period that the Chairman determines, for the costs and expenses of the Commission other than that of the Office of People's Counsel; plus
(d)(1) Within 30 days after the Commission issues a bill under subsection (c) of this section, the party billed may request a hearing as to the amount of the bill.
Credits
Added by Acts 1998, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1998. Amended by Acts 1999, c. 3, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, c. 4, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, c. 34, § 1, eff. April 13, 1999; Acts 2000, c. 647, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2000, c. 669, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2002, c. 494, § 1, eff. June 1, 2002; Acts 2003, c. 101, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2003, c. 413, § 1, eff. June 30, 2003; Acts 2009, c. 60, § 1, eff. April 14, 2009; Acts 2010, c. 52, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2020, c. 54, § 1, eff. June 1, 2020; Acts 2020, c. 55, § 1, eff. June 1, 2020; Acts 2021, c. 607, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021.
Formerly Art. 78, § 88.
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 2-110, MD PUBLIC UTIL § 2-110
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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