Regulation & Policy

“We had a number of impacts due to COVID-19. The primary impact was that electric and gas utilities requested to have stays of enforcement or basically, regulatory relief.”

“I’m mainly responsible for the regulatory process, which are the filings that come into the Technical Staff group from utility companies and others.”

“A lot of my work has dealt with some of the larger, complex rate cases that have come before the Commission, particularly the recent multi-year rate plans filed by two Maryland utilities.”

“I have been working on rolling out a CRM system that’s also going to be a new complaint portal for the Consumer Affairs Division.”

“On certain cases, we get advisers appointed to us, who are Technical Staff members who get walled off. Under that arrangement, we’re free to discuss the case with them and they’re always a big help.”

“I work with our Office of General Counsel, when we get a Public Information Act request, to handle our agency’s response. We work with the Department of Information Technology – an arm of state government – to facilitate those requests, if necessary.”

“I’m a liaison to the legislature as well as other state, local, county, and federal agencies, and also liaison with the Governor’s office. I am uniquely positioned to see issues that are bubbling to the surface.”

“ I advise the Chair and Commissioners on a variety of legal and policy matters. There are four senior Commission advisors, and we serve in a number of roles.”

“I hope we can keep a hybrid aspect of the virtual hearings because there’s been more public participation, particularly when we have our administrative meetings, requiring representatives for companies to come here for a 3-to-5-minute presentation.”

“I’m hoping soon we can begin to implement performance-based rates and performance incentive mechanisms.”