Section 4-201 – Rates Charged

    In accordance with the provisions of this article, a public service company shall charge just and reasonable rates for the regulated services that it renders.

Section 4-202 – Tariffs

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (c)(1) of this section and subject to subsection (c)(2) of this section, a public service company shall file with the Commission a tariff schedule of its rates and charges for its regulated services and for standard offer service as provided in § 7–505(b)(8) of this article.     (b)    As ordered by the […]

Section 4-203 – New and Changed Rates; Notice

    (a)    Unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, a public service company may not establish a new rate or change in rate unless the public service company:         (1)    provides to the Commission notice of the new rate or change in rate at least 30 days before the new rate is established or current rate is changed; and         (2)    publishes […]

Section 4-204 – Effective Date of Proposed Rate; Suspension

    (a)    (1)    The Commission may suspend, effective immediately and without formal proceedings, any new rate or change in rate proposed by a public service company.         (2)    Unless suspended by the Commission, and subject to § 4-203 of this subtitle, a new rate or change in rate proposed by a public service company takes effect on the date specified […]

Section 4-205 – Temporary Rates

    (a)    The Commission may set a temporary rate for any public service company that is higher or lower than the rate previously in effect.     (b)    The Commission may set a temporary rate after hearing only if the Commission finds that:         (1)    pending a final rate proceeding, the rate in force is not a just and reasonable rate; and […]

Section 4-206 – Rate Base — Valuation

    (a)    At any time, the Commission may investigate and determine the fair value of the property of a public service company used and useful in providing service to the public.     (b)    (1)    The valuation:             (i)    is not final until the Commission:                 1.    serves on the public service company a copy of the order setting the proposed valuation and the method […]

Section 4-207 – “Make Whole” Rate Proceedings

    (a)    This section applies only to a gas company, electric company, telephone company, water company, or sewage disposal company whose gross annual revenues, for the most recent calendar year for which data are available, are less than 3% of the total gross annual revenues of all public service companies in the State during the same calendar […]

Section 4-208 – Cost Allocation Manual

    (a)    This section applies to a public service company that:         (1)    provides gas or electric services;         (2)    is subject to a cost allocation manual approved by the Commission;         (3)    (i)    engages in an unregulated business activity; or             (ii)    has a subsidiary that engages in an unregulated business activity; and         (4)    does not meet the standards for rate proceedings provided for under § […]

Section 4-209 – Allocation of Costs of Relocating Utilities Underground

    (a)    With respect to the net capital costs associated with the relocation underground of utility lines and facilities in connection with projects required by § 8–401 of the Land Use Article, the Commission shall:         (1)    set the amount of the monthly surcharge required to support the costs and determine which customers of the applicable utility are subject […]

Section 4-210 – Infrastructure Replacement Surcharge

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.         (2)    “Customer” means a retail natural gas customer.         (3)    “Eligible infrastructure replacement” means a replacement or an improvement in an existing infrastructure of a gas company that:             (i)    is made on or after June 1, 2013;             (ii)    is designed to improve public safety or infrastructure reliability;             (iii)    does not increase […]

Section 4-211 – Environmental Remediation Costs

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, when determining necessary and proper expenses while setting a just and reasonable rate for a gas company, the Commission may include all costs reasonably incurred by the gas company for performing environmental remediation of real property in response to a State or federal law, regulation, or […]