Section 15-109 - Exemption of provider of utility services from jurisdiction of Public Service Commission. - Maryland Statutes

§ 15-109. Exemption of provider of utility services from jurisdiction of Public Service Commission.
 

(a)  Applicability.- This section applies only to a public institution of higher education that owns, manages, or maintains a steam system or an electric system for the purpose of providing services exclusively for the benefit of the institution. 

(b)  Exemption.- A person that enters into an agreement or lease with a public institution of higher education to facilitate or undertake the financing, whole or partial ownership, operation, generation, construction, distribution, or maintenance of an on-site steam or electric generation, production, or distribution system for the institution may not be considered a public service company, as defined in § 1-101 of the Public Utilities Article, subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission as a result of the financing, leasing, ownership, operation, control, management, construction, distribution, or maintenance of the steam or electric system. 
 

[1999, ch. 573; 2010, ch. 52.]