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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Public Utilities » Division I - Public Services and Utilities » Title 7 - Gas, Electric, and Water Companies » Subtitle 3 - Consumer Relations » Section 7-314 – Maintenance of Customer Subscriptions and Contracts Following Change of Address — Accommodation by Electric Company

    ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTERS 265 AND 266 OF 2021 **

    (a)    This section applies to electric companies, electric cooperatives, and municipal utilities that offer customer choice for competitive electricity supply under Subtitle 5 of this title.

    (b)    A residential electric customer who has a change in the service address associated with the customer’s electricity account may maintain the customer’s competitive electricity supply contract for the new address if the new address is within the same electric territory as the old address.

    (c)    An electric company may not terminate a customer’s contract due to a change of address for the service address associated with the contract if the requirements under subsection (b) of this section are met.

    (d)    An electric company shall make any changes necessary to accommodate a customer’s change of address on notification by the customer.