§ 4-209. Allocation of costs of relocating utilities underground

   (a) Apportionment of net capital costs. -- With respect to the net capital costs associated with the relocation underground of utility lines and facilities in connection with projects required by § 8-401 of the Land Use Article, the Commission shall:

   (1) set the amount of the monthly surcharge required to support the costs and determine which customers of the applicable utility are subject to the surcharge;

   (2) include in the rate base the related net capital costs; or

   (3) adopt another method to apportion the costs appropriately.

(b) Limitation on costs to utility. -- A utility may not be required to pay more than 50% of the net capital costs of a relocation project.

(c) Local government appropriations. -- A county or municipal corporation may appropriate money for a relocation project from appropriate federal, State, and local funds it receives for this purpose.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 78, § 72A; 1998, ch. 8, § 2; 2012, ch. 427, § 1.