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From Maryland Supplier Coalition Request: 

[ *** ] The Supplier Coalition requests clarification on whether the Commission has set January 1, 2025, as the “date certain” for the elimination of residential purchase of receivables (“POR”) – i.e., a “hard stop” – or whether the Commission will determine the “date certain” at a future time upon consideration of Staff’s September 13, 2024 filing and any comments related thereto. The Supplier Coalition requests that the Commission take the latter approach, as discussed below, and clarify expeditiously that POR programs for customers enrolled with a supplier before January 1, 2025, shall not end until the applicable utility has implemented a utility consolidated billing (“UCB”) option. [ *** ] 

Good cause exists for the Commission to expedite its clarification of the Order because of the upcoming September 13, 2024, due date for Staff’s report and the ongoing working group meetings in which the stakeholders are addressing these issues. If the Commission intended the Order as setting a January 1, 2025 “hard stop” for residential POR, then the utilities cannot implement a UCB option by that date and the suppliers cannot implement a dual billing option, and we are faced with the reality that there are no billing options for Maryland residential customers who have chosen a supplier. Alternatively, if the Commission confirms that January 1, 2025, is not a hard stop for residential POR, then stakeholders have time to develop a thoughtful transition with proper UCB programming, and to present consensus and non-consensus UCB related issues, including reasonable implementation timelines, to the Commission for consideration.

Request for Clarification (09/03/2024) 
PC65 (07/23/2024) 
(Accounts Receivable Related To Residential Electric And Gas Supply)