Maryland Regulator Issues Record Fine Against Energy Supplier for Illegal Enrollment

PUBLISH DATE
5 Aug, 2019 at 10:57 am
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The Maryland Public Service Commission has taken action against the retail energy supplier Smart One Energy LCC for enrolling customers without their consent, a practice known as ‘slamming’ and other violations of state law, according to an August 2 press release.

The Commission suspended Smart One’s 2011 license to operate as a natural gas supplier in Maryland and also imposed a civil penalty of $561,000, the largest civil penalty the regulator has ever levied against a retail supplier. In addition, the commission ordered the company to return all of its 10,000 natural gas customers to regular utility service.

Smart One is one of more than 400 companies licensed to sell electricity and natural gas to customers in Maryland, which deregulated its energy market in 1999.

 

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Maryland PSC Fines and Suspends License of Energy Supplier



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