Maryland Public Utility Companies Section 7-504

      The General Assembly finds and declares that the purpose of this subtitle is to:

            (1)      establish customer choice of electricity supply and electricity supply services;

            (2)      create competitive retail electricity supply and electricity supply services markets;

            (3)      deregulate the generation, supply, and pricing of electricity;

            (4)      provide economic benefits for all customer classes; and

            (5)      ensure compliance with federal and State environmental standards.