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Hearing Needed to Review Staff’s Proposed Revisions to Competitive Supplier Rules
Proposed rules go beyond what SB1 requires
On June 8, 2026 the Maryland PSC held rulemaking hearing to review Staff’s proposed changes regarding revisions to COMAR 20.53 (Competitive Electricity Supply) and 20.59 (Competitive Gas Supply) in order to implement SB1 of 2024.
See session video at the link where Chair Barve asked that the parties “write up” the issues raised during the hearing, plans to review potential implications of ongoing litigation on this rulemaking, and deferred decisions to a future rulemaking session.
Previously on June 25, 2026 RESA filed comments, stating, “RESA takes no position on the proposed elimination of residential POR, but opposes the unnecessary elimination of residential UCB, recommends preserving existing pro-rata payment posting principles, and urges the Commission to conform the proposed dual-billing late-fee provisions to the already-established supplier consolidated billing (“SCB”) rules. In sum, the proposed rules go beyond what SB1 requires and introduce unnecessary complexity that will harm competitive supply and customers without a demonstrated consumer-protection benefit.”
