PUBLIC SERV. COMM'N v. MD. PEOPLE'S COUNSEL

No. 130, September Term, 1985.

309 Md. 1 (1987)

522 A.2d 369

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND, ET AL. v. MARYLAND PEOPLE'S COUNSEL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Rosasco (Paul W. Davis, on the brief), Baltimore, for Baltimore Gas and Elec. Co.

Sandra Hall-Eckroade, Asst. Gen. Counsel (Kirk J. Emge, Gen. Counsel, on the brief), Baltimore, for Public Service Com'n of Maryland.

David A. Vorhis, Webb, Burnett, Jackson, Cornbrooks & Wilber, on the brief, Salisbury, for Delmarva Power and Light Co.

Philip J. Bray, on brief, Hagerstown, for The Potomac Edison Co.

William Dana Shapiro, Mary Donn Jordan and John J. Sullivan, on the brief, Washington, D.C., for Potomac Elec. Power Co.

Telemac N. Chryssikos and Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., on the brief, Washington, D.C., for Washington Gas and Light Co.

Kirsten A. Burger, Asst. People's Counsel (Gregory V. Carmean, Acting People's Counsel and Thomas C. Gorak, Asst. People's Counsel, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

This case involves a constitutional challenge to COMAR subtitle 31, which sets forth the minimum procedural requirements that must be followed before a utility may terminate service to a residential customer.

The parties would have us address six issues in this appeal: (1) Does People's Counsel have standing to challenge regulations promulgated by the Public Service Commission (Commission)? (2) Does the mere promulgation of discretionary regulations...

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