MD gas broker bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
A Maryland competitive gas broker or aggregator that does not take title to gas files a $10,000 bond with the Public Service Commission. Ours is $100 flat — identical for everyone — and these license-style bonds issue fast.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Broker bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
License-style bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the PSC
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Public Service Commission license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the gas broker/aggregator bond covers
Maryland's retail gas market is competitive, and the Public Service Commission licenses the companies in it. A broker acts as an agent or intermediary in the sale and purchase of gas, and an aggregator acts on behalf of customers to buy gas — but neither takes title to the gas itself.
Because brokers and aggregators do not own the gas they arrange, the PSC sets a smaller $10,000 bond for them — distinct from the larger security a gas supplier that takes title posts. The bond runs to the Public Service Commission and backs the broker or aggregator's compliance with the law and its obligations to customers.
It is a compliance guarantee, not insurance for you. If a broker fails to perform its legal obligations and a customer or the State is harmed, they can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. Whatever your role, we issue the $10,000 bond for $100, with no credit fields in the application.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application does not collect credit information.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.