# Tariff

**Citation:** COMAR 20.55.03.01  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Maryland Public Service Commission  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** Not stated

Maryland pipeline-safety provision COMAR 20.55.03.01, Tariff.

## Document text

Each utility shall file with the Commission a copy of its tariff which shall include:

A. Rates. Each schedule of rates for service together with the applicable riders.

B. Rules. The utility's rules, or terms and conditions, describing the utility's policies and practices in rendering service. These rules shall include:

(1) Extension Plan. The utility's plan for the installation of extensions of main and service lines where these facilities are in excess of those included in the regular rates for service and for which the customer shall be required to pay all or part of the cost. The customer's payment under this plan should be related to the investment that the utility prudently can make in consideration of the probable revenue.

(2) Heating Value. The total heating value of the gas in Btu per standard cubic foot.

(3) Material Furnished by Utility. A list of the items which the utility furnishes, owns, and maintains on the customer's premises, such as meters, service line, regulators, vents, and shut-off valves.

(4) No Charge Service. A general statement indicating the extent to which the utility will provide service at no charge for the adjustment of customers' appliances.

(5) Wastage of Gas. A general statement of the utility's policy in making adjustments for wastage of gas when wastage occurs without the knowledge of the customer.

(6) Billing Period. A statement indicating the minimum and maximum number of days for which the utility will bill a customer at its regular monthly rates for service.

(7) Payment Period. A statement indicating the minimum number of days allowed for payment of the gross amount of the customer's bill before service will be terminated for non-payment.

(8) Measurement Base. A statement indicating the atmospheric pressure, the absolute pressure or temperature, or both, used when pressure or temperature correction is made to the metered volume of gas. (See COMAR 20.55.01.04B(5))

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/20.55.03.01>
- Source ID: `maryland-comar`
- SHA-256: `11cb562d89eb33ed0e2c27a44db9743cea5e569964f5574a324915b84dcd7fdd`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T08:47:37.108Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T08:03:26.106Z
- Document slug: `md-comar-20-55-03-01`

### Source metadata

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{
  "jurisdiction": "US-MD",
  "commodity": [
    "natural-gas",
    "other-gas"
  ],
  "legalScope": "Bounded Maryland PSC pipeline-safety rules in COMAR 20.55-20.57.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Maryland PSC enforcement under PHMSA certification is limited to intrastate gas and hazardous-liquid pipeline operators and applicable LPG systems. PHMSA retains inspection and enforcement responsibility for interstate gas and hazardous-liquid pipelines. Coverage also depends on operator class, gas-company or master-meter status, facility and commodity definitions, exemptions, waivers, and federal preemption.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "Maryland provisions use both fixed editions of private or federal guidance and prospective phrases such as 'as amended' for federal statutes and 49 CFR. This connector preserves the consolidated Maryland text retrieved on the stated date but does not infer that every later federal amendment is incorporated for every legal purpose. Verify the controlling Maryland incorporation rule, federal edition, and event date.",
  "publicationCaveat": "The Library of Maryland Regulations is the official consolidated access system, but the Maryland Register and filed rulemaking record control adoption history. Administrative-history notes are evidence aids, not substitutes for the promulgation record. The PSC program description is dated September 2011 and is used only to corroborate program scope, not current rule text.",
  "rightsCaveat": "Official Maryland and federal legal-source captures are preserved with attribution and hashes. State presentation, seals, site software, and incorporated private standards may carry separate rights; incorporated standards are referenced but not reproduced by this connector.",
  "references": [
    {
      "citation": "COMAR 20.55.01.04",
      "referenceType": "state-administrative-rule",
      "url": "https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/20.55.01.04"
    }
  ],
  "region": "MD"
}
```