Md. Code Regs. tit. 20, subtit. 31, ch. 20.31.01 - General Regulations

  1. § 20.31.01.01 - Applicability
  2. § 20.31.01.02 - Definitions
  3. § 20.31.01.03 - Customer Responsibilities
  4. § 20.31.01.04 - Utility Responsibilities
  5. § 20.31.01.05 - Service Reconnection Charge
  6. § 20.31.01.06 - Termination Policy Statement
  7. § 20.31.01.07 - Third-Party Notification
  8. § 20.31.01.08 - Alternate Payment Plans

Notes

Md. Code Regs. tit. 20, subtit. 31, ch. 20.31.01
Effective date: October 12, 1981 (8:20 Md. R. 1637)
Regulations .01B, .05, and .06B amended effective October 22, 1984 (11:21 Md. R. 1815)
Regulation .01 amended effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1862)
Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2003 (30:5 Md. R. 364); amended permanently effective January 20, 2003 (30:1 Md. R. 28)
Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective February 18, 2010 (37:6 Md. R. 475); amended permanently effective July 12, 2010 (37:14 Md. R. 940)
Regulation .02B amended effective June 8, 2015 (42:11 Md. R. 727); August 29, 2016 (43:17 Md. R. 957); January 30, 2017 (44:2 Md. R. 85); April 22, 2019 (46:8 Md. R. 401)
Regulation .03A amended effective May 24, 1982 (9:10 Md. R. 1023
Regulation .03D amended effective May 10, 1993 (20:9 Md. R. 779)
Regulation .06B amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2003 (30:5 Md. R. 364); amended permanently effective January 20, 2003 (30:1 Md. R. 28)
Regulation .08 adopted effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1862)
Regulation .08 amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2003 (30:5 Md. R. 364); amended permanently effective June 23, 2003 (30:12 Md. R. 792)
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Annotation: Challenges to the validity of the regulations governing termination of service come under Article 78, § 89 (Declaratory judgment on validity of rules and regulations) and not under Article 78, §§90 and 91. People's Counsel v. Public Service Commission et al, September Term 1982, No. 869 (Unreported)
Regulation .02 amended effective 6/9/2025 (52:11 Md. R. 533)

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§ 2-113, 2-121, 5-101, and 7-307, Annotated Code of Maryland

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