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HOUSE BILL 353
C5, L2 6lr1011
By: Prince George’s County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: January 19, 2026
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Prince George’s County – Termination of Gas or Electric Service to Multifamily 2
Dwelling Units – Notification 3
PG 406–25 4
FOR the purpose of requiring a public service company that intends to terminate, because 5
of nonpayment, electric or gas service to a certain multifamily dwelling unit located 6
in Prince George’s County to notify certain elected officials before the termination of 7
gas or electric service under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the 8
termination of gas or electric service in Prince George’s County. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Public Utilities 11
Section 7–307.3 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Public Utilities 17
7–307.3. 18
(a) (1) A public service company that intends to terminate, because of 19
nonpayment, electric or gas service to a customer of the service to a multifamily dwelling 20
unit shall notify the property owner or property manager of the multifamily dwelling unit 21
before terminating service to the customer if the public service company has received the 22
customer’s consent that designates the property owner or property manager as a 23
third–party authorized to receive a notice of termination of services. 24
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(2) IF A PUBLIC SERVICE COMPA NY INTENDS TO TERMINATE , 1
BECAUSE OF NONPAYMEN T, ELECTRIC OR GAS SERVICE TO A MULTIFAMILY 2
DWELLING UNIT LOCATED IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, THE PUBLIC SERVICE 3
COMPANY SHALL NOTIFY EACH COUNTY ELECTED OFFIC IAL REPRESENTING THE 4
DISTRICT IN WHICH THE MULTIFAMILY DWEL LING UNIT IS LOCATED BEFORE 5
TERMINATING THE SERVICE TO THE CUSTOMER IF: 6
(I) THE SERVICE IS PROVI DED TO THE AFFECTED UNIT 7
THROUGH A MASTER METER OR SUBMETER; AND 8
(II) THE PUBLIC SERVICE C OMPANY HAS RECEIVED CONSENT 9
FROM THE CUSTOMER AND THE TENANT, IF ANY, OF THAT UNIT. 10
(b) As a term of a lease of a multifamily dwelling unit, the property owner or 11
property manager of the multifamily dwelling unit may require a tenant to ensure that a 12
customer of the public service company that is responsible for the account for that 13
multifamily dwelling unit provides consent for the property owner or property manager to 14
receive a notice of termination of services as a result of nonpayment by the customer. 15
(c) A customer’s consent may be provided to a public service company by: 16
(1) the customer; or 17
(2) if the consent is written, the property owner or property manager of the 18
multifamily dwelling unit. 19
(d) Each public service company shall set up a procedure for handling the 20
third–party notification process in a manner best suited to the circumstances of the 21
particular public service company. 22
(e) Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent any other form of 23
third–party notification that a customer may request. 24
(f) The Commission may adopt regulations to carry out this section. 25
SECTION 2. AND BE I T FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 26
October 1, 2026. 27