Maryland Energy Industry Licensing

Application for License to Supply Electricity or Electric Generation Services to the Public in the State of Maryland

File by mail

$400

Usually around 60 days

File by mail. 

Fees vary, the commission will notify license holders of the amount they owe.

Due date varies but is usually around April 15th annually.

• The Public Service Commission sends a notice and filing document by mail each year in early March. 
• After the Commission's review, a bill for the assessed amount is issued by mail. 

Within 30 days of a change to the information submitted on the initial license application, a licensee must notify the commission of the change.

$0

Annually within 120 days of the end of the supplier’s fiscal year.

Suppliers must provide the commission with annual updates of all items that have changed in the license application.

RPS Supplier Annual Report

A fee is only required if there is a shortfall in the number of RECs needed to meet the renewable energy portfolio standard.

Annually by April 1.

COMAR 20.61.04.02

Annually by April 1.

COMAR 20.61.04.01.D

Contact the commission for a form. The report should include:

• Total retail sales of electricity marketed as renewable energy in Maryland by the supplier for the preceding calendar year; and
• Total RECs associated with sales of renewable energy in Maryland retired by the supplier during the preceding calendar year.

This report requirement does not apply to broker-only licensees and suppliers with zero sales.

$0

Annually by June 1.

This report requirement does not apply to broker-only licensees and suppliers with zero sales.

Application for License to Supply Gas

File by mail.

$400

Usually ~60 days

Varies depending on activity.

File by mail. 

Fees vary, the commission will notify license holders of the amount they owe.

Due date varies but is usually around April 15th annually.

• The Public Service Commission sends a notice and filing document by mail each year in early March.
• After the Commission's review, a bill for the assessed amount is issued by mail. 

Within 30 days of a change to the information submitted on the initial license application, a licensee must notify the commission of the change.

$0

Annually within 120 days of the end of the supplier’s fiscal year.

Suppliers must provide the commission with annual updates of all items that have changed in the license application.

$0

Within six months after the initial bond is posted, natural gas suppliers must provide to the PSC, an audited certification conducted by either an independent certified accountant (“CPA”) or the PSC Accounting Division of the amount of the deposits and prepayments and a bond in the amount certified by the CPA/PSC Accounting Division.

$0

Following submittal of the first annual update, natural gas suppliers must provide to the PSC a quarterly management report stating the amount of deposits and prepayments collected and an adjustment to the bond in that amount.