Md. Code Regs. 20.51.01.02 - Definitions
A. In this
subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administrator" means the person
appointed as administrator for a qualified offshore wind project under COMAR
20.61.06.09.
(1-1) "Affiliate"
means a person that directly or indirectly, or through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, is under common control with, or
has any economic interest in another person.
(2) Aggregator.
(a) "Aggregator" means an entity or an
individual that acts on behalf of a customer to purchase electricity.
(b) "Aggregator" does not include:
(i) An entity or individual that purchases
electricity for its own use or for the use of its subsidiaries or
affiliates;
(ii) A municipal
electric utility serving only in its distribution territory; or
(iii) A combination of governmental units
that purchases electricity for use by the governmental
units.
(3)
"Applicant" means a person applying for an electricity supplier
license.
(4) "Application" means a
written request for an electricity supplier license.
(5) "Broker" means an entity or individual
that acts as an agent or intermediary in the sale and purchase of electricity
but does not take title to electricity.
(6) "Commission" means the Public Service
Commission of Maryland.
(7)
"Competitive billing service" means the:
(a)
Invoicing for electricity supply or electricity supply services to a retail
customer; and
(b) Processing of
payment for electricity supply or electricity supply services to a retail
customer.
(8) "Contract
for energy assistance households" means a residential retail energy supply
contract that meets the legal requirements of Public Utilities Article, §
4-308,
Annotated Code of Maryland, and any other applicable requirements in the Public
Utilities Article in connection with a supplier's supply service for customers
who are part of an energy assistance household.
(9) "Debt service coverage" means a ratio of
cash flow dedicated to pay a specific debt to the total amount of debt payments
required to be made.
(10) Electric
Company.
(a) "Electric company" means a
person that physically transmits or distributes electricity in the State to a
retail electric customer.
(b)
"Electric company" does not include:
(i) An
owner/operator that holds ownership in and manages the internal distribution
system serving a building and supplies electricity and electricity supply
services solely to occupants of the building for use by occupants;
(ii) A lessee/operator that holds a leasehold
interest in and manages the internal distribution system serving a building and
supplies electricity and electricity supply services solely to occupants of the
building for use by occupants;
(iii) Any person that generates on-site
generated electricity; or
(iv) A
person that transmits or distributes electricity within a site owned by the
person or person's affiliate that is incidental to a primary landlord-tenant
relationship.
(11) Electricity Supplier.
(a) "Electricity supplier" means a licensed
person that:
(i) Sells electricity,
electricity supply services, competitive billing services, or competitive
metering services; or
(ii)
Purchases, brokers, arranges, or markets electricity or electricity supply
services for sale to a retail electric customer.
(b) "Electricity supplier" includes an
electric company, an aggregator, a broker, and a marketer of electricity,
including by means of supplier-consolidated billing.
(c) "Electricity supplier" does not include:
(i) An owner/operator that holds ownership in
and manages the internal distribution system serving a building, and supplies
electricity and electricity supply services solely to occupants of the building
for use by the occupants;
(ii) A
lessee/operator that holds a leasehold interest in and manages the internal
distribution system serving a building, and supplies electricity and
electricity supply services solely to occupants of the building for use by the
occupants; or
(iii) A person that
generates on-site generated electricity.
(12) "Electricity supply services" means the
retail procurement of:
(a) An electricity
supplier;
(b) Metering, billing,
including supplier-consolidated billing under Subtitle 53 of this title or
meter data management services; or
(c) Other competitive services traditionally
provided by an electric company.
(13) "Energy assistance household" means that
the Office of Home Energy Programs found that the service address or household
associated with the utility account qualified for an electric assistance
program during the current or previous fiscal year. For a utility that provides
both gas and electric service, an energy assistance household means that the
Office of Home Energy Programs found that the service address or household
associated with the utility account qualified for an electric or gas assistance
program during the current or previous fiscal year.
(14) "Energy assistance program" means the
following programs administered by the Maryland Office of Home Energy Programs
by which a customer receives financial assistance paying their electricity
utility bills, which includes but is not necessarily limited to:
(a) The Maryland Energy Assistance
Program;
(b) The Electric Universal
Service Program; and
(c) The
Arrearage Retirement Assistance Program.
(15) "Fiscal year" means the 12-month period
that begins on July 1 of a calendar year and ends June 30 of the next calendar
year.
(16) "Independent system
operator" means an entity authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission to control a regional transmission grid.
(17) "License" means the authority granted by
the Commission to a person to do business as an electricity supplier.
(18) "Marketer" means a person that purchases
and takes title to electricity as an intermediary for sale to a
customer.
(19) "Negative
stockholders' equity" means total assets are less than the sum of total
liabilities, preferred stock, and intangibles.
(20) "Net income" means sales less costs
incurred from operations.
(21)
"Person" means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal
representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, partnership, firm,
association, corporation, or other entity.
(22) "Positive current working capital" means
current assets exceed current liabilities.
(23) "Positive stockholders' equity" means
total assets exceed the sum of total liabilities, preferred stock, and
intangibles.
(24) "Regional
transmission operator" means a person that performs the same transmission
system coordination functions as an independent system operator.
(25) Retail Electric Customer.
(a) "Retail electric customer" means a
purchaser of electricity for end use in the State.
(b) "Retail electric customer" does not
include:
(i) An occupant of a building in
which the owner/operator or lessee/operator manages the internal distribution
system serving the building and supplies electricity and electricity supply
services solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants;
and
(ii) A person that generates
on-site generated electricity, to the extent the on-site generated electricity
is consumed by that person or its tenants.
(26) "Standard offer service" has the meaning
stated in Public Utilities Article, §
7-501,
Annotated Code of Maryland.
(27)
"Supplier-consolidated billing (SCB)" means a form of competitive billing
service in which a gas or electricity supplier is authorized by the Commission
to render a bill to a retail gas or electric customer that includes both the
supplier charges and the gas or electric company's regulated charges.
(28) "System transmission operator" means a
person that performs the same transmission system coordination functions as an
independent system operator.
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