Md. Code, Public Utilities § 7-227
This is the official text of Md. Code, Public Utilities § 7-227, part of Maryland’s Code, Public Utilities — regulates utility companies.
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§7–227.
Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Commission may not require or allow an electric company or a gas company to require a customer to authorize the electric company or gas company to control the amount of the customer’s electricity usage or gas usage.
(b) A customer may provide consent to participate in a program of an electric company or a gas company that provides direct load control or other utility manipulation of a customer’s electricity or gas usage.
(b) A customer may provide consent to participate in a program of an electric company or a gas company that provides direct load control or other utility manipulation of a customer’s electricity or gas usage.
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