Maryland Code, PUBLIC UTILITIES 7-307.4
Terms Used In Maryland Code, PUBLIC UTILITIES 7-307.4
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(2) “Eligible residential customer” means a residential electric or gas customer who is:
(i) employed by the federal or State government or a local government in the State; and
(ii) involuntarily furloughed from work without pay because of a government shutdown, regardless of whether the employee is required to report to work during the furlough.
(3) “Government shutdown” means a government shutdown that:
(i) occurs when government funding is unavailable to operate the governmental activities due to the lack of a legislative appropriation or a continuing resolution; and
(ii) lasts for a period that exceeds 7 consecutive days.
(b) A public service company may not terminate electric or gas service to an eligible residential customer for nonpayment on a day that a government shutdown is in effect and for 7 days after the government shutdown has ended if the customer contacts the public service company before the date of termination to:
(1) provide verification that the customer is an employee of the federal, State, or local government affected by the government shutdown; and
(2) enter into a payment plan to pay any outstanding amount on the customer’s account after the government shutdown ends.
(c) The Commission may adopt regulations to implement this section.