§ 1-101. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic UtilitiesEffective: July 1, 2022
Effective: July 1, 2022
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 1-101
Formerly cited as MD PUBLIC UTIL COMP § 1-101
§ 1-101. Definitions
(b)(1) “Aggregator” means an entity or an individual that acts on behalf of a customer to purchase electricity or gas.
(c) “Broker” means an entity or individual that acts as an agent or intermediary in the sale and purchase of electricity or gas but does not take title to electricity or gas.
(e)(1) “Common carrier” means a person, public authority, or federal, State, district, or municipal transportation unit that is engaged in the public transportation of persons for hire, by land, water, air, or any combination of them.
(f) “Community choice aggregator” means a county that serves as an electric aggregator for the purpose of negotiating the purchase of electric generation services from an electricity supplier licensed by the Commission or from an electric generating or storage facility, or providing electricity from an electric generating facility owned by the aggregator for residential electric customers, which include master-metered multiple occupancy residences and small commercial electric customers, as defined in § 7-510.3 of this article, that:
(g) “Company”, as a designation for a type of enterprise, includes a person that owns a company individually or as an agent, trustee, or receiver of a company.
(i)(1) “Electric company” means a person who physically transmits or distributes electricity in the State to a retail electric customer.
(j) “Electric plant” means the material, equipment, and property owned by an electric company and used or to be used for or in connection with electric service.
(k) “Electric storage facility” means a facility used to store:
(l)(1) “Electricity supplier” means a person:
(m)(1) “Gas company” means a public service company that:
(n) “Gas master meter operator” means a person that owns or operates a pipeline system, other than piping within a building:
(o) “Gas plant” means the material, equipment, and property owned by a gas company and used or to be used for or in connection with gas service.
(p)(1) “Gas supplier” means a person who:
(q) “Launch service” means a power boat company that transports passengers or freight between the shore and vessels on a body of water in the State.
(r) “Liquid-immersed distribution transformer” means a transformer that:
(s) “Marketer” means a person who purchases and takes title to electricity or gas as an intermediary for sale to a customer.
(t) “Municipal electric utility” means a municipal corporation, or a division of a municipal corporation, that is in the business of transmitting or distributing electricity for purposes other than end use by the municipal corporation.
(u) “On-site generated electricity” means electricity that:
(w) “Person” means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind and any partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other entity.
(x) “Plant” includes all material, equipment, and property owned by a public service company and used or to be used for or in connection with a public utility service.
(y) “Proceeding” includes an action, complaint, hearing, investigation, trial, appeal, order, or similar matter pending before, made, or conducted by an official body.
(z)(1) “Public service company” means a common carrier company, electric company, gas company, sewage disposal company, telegraph company, telephone company, water company, or any combination of public service companies.
(bb)(1) “Rate” means a toll, fare, tariff, fee, price, or other charge, or a combination of these items, by a public service company for public utility service.
(dd) “Renewable energy resource” means one or more of the following sources of energy, energy technology, or related credit:
(ee)(1) “Retail electric customer” means a purchaser of electricity for end use in the State.
(gg) “Sewage disposal company” means a privately owned public service company that owns or maintains facilities for the disposal of sewage.
(hh) “Small rural electric cooperative” means an electric company that:
(ii) “State” means:
(jj) “Street railroad” means a railroad:
(kk)(1) “Taxicab” means a motor vehicle for hire that:
(ll) “Telegraph company” means a public service company that:
(mm) “Telegraph lines” means the material, equipment, and property owned by a telegraph company and used or to be used for or in connection with telegraph service.
(nn)(1) “Telephone company” means a public service company that:
(oo) “Telephone lines” means the material, equipment, and property owned by a telephone company and used or to be used for or in connection with telephone service.
(pp) “Toll bridge” means a bridge operated by a person authorized by the Commission to charge and collect toll from traffic using the bridge.
(qq) “Transformer” means a device consisting of two or more coils of insulated wire that is designed to transfer alternating current by electromagnetic induction from one coil to another to change the original voltage or current value.
(rr) “Transportation network company” has the meaning stated in § 10-101 of this article.
(ss) “Transportation network services” has the meaning stated in § 10-101 of this article.
(tt)(1) “Transportation of persons for hire” means the transportation of persons by:
(uu) “Water company” means a public service company that owns a water plant and sells or distributes water for gain.
Credits
Added by Acts 1998, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1998. Amended by Acts 1998, c. 653, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, c. 3, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, c. 4, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, c. 605, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, c. 605, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2000, c. 669, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2000, c. 700, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2001, c. 655, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001; Acts 2004, c. 487, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2004, c. 488, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2005, c. 156, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Acts 2007, c. 568, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2010, c. 52, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 449, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2011, c. 621, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, c. 631, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 632, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2015, c. 174, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, c. 204, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2015, c. 223, § 1, eff. June 1, 2015; Acts 2015, c. 250, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2016, c. 9, § 1, eff. March 14, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 631, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2018, c. 219, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 220, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Acts 2021, c. 449, §§ 1, 2, eff. June 1, 2021; Acts 2022, c. 438, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 439, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 1-101, MD PUBLIC UTIL § 1-101
Current through all legislation from the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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