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Delegate Nicole Cole tells Caroline supervisors HB422 aims to limit frequent water‑rate filings
Summary
Delegate Nicole Cole briefed the board on her 2026 legislation, highlighting HB422, which would bar water utilities from filing rate cases more than once every three years; she described the bill's reenactment clause and pledged to continue local engagement before a return in 2027.
Delegate Nicole Cole, who represents House District 66, told the Caroline County Board of Supervisors on March 10 that she worked this year on three bills she described as intended to improve state processes and protect local communities. The most consequential for the county, she said, is House Bill 422, which would prohibit a water utility from filing multiple rate cases within a three‑year window.
"Once a rate case is decided, the utility must wait three years before filing another one," Cole said, explaining that the change is designed to give families and local…
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