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Maryland: Prove the available service before requesting a price
Start with EIA: natural gas customer choice and eligibility. The table below links this decision to the represented gas companies in Maryland. It does not establish service or supplier availability for every account.
Authorization is only one gate
A regulator’s supplier approval and a utility’s accepted supplier or agent are different checks. A licensed company may decline a particular volume, credit profile or service class. Obtain written acceptance for the listed accounts.
Return service needs its own answer
Ask what happens if a supply agreement ends or an agent stops performing. Confirm the utility’s return conditions and start date; a supplier cancellation does not itself establish an accepted replacement enrollment.
Maryland utility application
| Gas service company | Classification and accepted enrollment | Primary reference |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Gas and Electric | Customer authorization, accepted enrollment and first-bill reconciliation | Official program / tariff |
| Chesapeake Utilities Maryland | Current service company and any accepted supplier or pool-manager arrangement | Official program / tariff |
| Washington Gas | Customer authorization, accepted enrollment and first-bill reconciliation | Official program / tariff |
| Columbia Gas of Maryland | Customer authorization, accepted enrollment and first-bill reconciliation | Official program / tariff |
| Easton Utilities | Classification on the gas bill and current tariff treatment at the boundary | Official program / tariff |
| Washington Gas / BGE boundary review | Customer authorization, accepted enrollment and first-bill reconciliation | Official program / tariff |
Baltimore Gas and Electric: the program detail behind this decision
Maryland’s official gas-choice resource separates utility delivery from licensed supply and requires customer authorization for a switch. Compare a commercial offer with the appropriate utility supply component. An electric provider, a residential rate display or a PSC license alone does not establish enrollment for this gas meter. Program Maryland.
Apply the evidence to an account file
Resolve Gas distributor, commercial rate class and utility-registered supplier first. The utility or accepted agent must confirm Customer authorization, accepted enrollment and first-bill reconciliation. Retain that answer alongside the named accounts before requesting bids.
An enrollment file that can be handed to another reviewer
Build six fields before seeking a signature: legal gas company; commercial rate code; eligible service arrangement; regulator authorization where required; utility-active supplier or agent; and accepted account/start-date confirmation. Attach the source date and the person who answered each unresolved question. A directory entry belongs in the authorization field, not the accepted-enrollment field. If an account remains on bundled utility service, document that result instead of forcing the review to select a supplier.
Turn the review into a calculation
Plan notice and enrollment milestones. The planner uses your calendar-day inputs and does not send notices or confirm a utility enrollment date.
Read the Maryland utility guide for the wider service-company distinctions. Convert billed gas units using the bill’s heat-content factor when moving from volume to energy.
Sources and review notes
- EIA: natural gas customer choice and eligibility
- Maryland PSC official Gas Choice guide
- Chesapeake Md Tariff
- Easton Gas Billing
Reviewed October 16, 2026. Program information can change. Confirm the effective utility tariff, supplier availability and written offer before proceeding. Examples and planning tools are educational; they are not executable quotes or verified customer results.