Maryland's Public Service Commission licenses gas suppliers, and an applicant that can’t satisfy the financial-integrity tests must post a $250,000 bond naming the Commission as sole beneficiary. Ours is $7,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount — with one soft credit pull that never affects your score.
















Your PSC gas-supplier license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Business details, owner information, effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
A $250,000 financial-integrity bond gets a real underwriting look; you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours if anything else is needed. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
Pay online and receive the executed bond, naming the Public Service Commission as sole beneficiary, ready to file with your supplier license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Commission insists.
$250,000 bond × 3% = $7,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Maryland's Public Service Commission licenses gas suppliers under the Public Utilities Article, and its regulations require an applicant to demonstrate financial integrity. A supplier that cannot satisfy the financial-integrity tests — or has not received a sufficient unsecured credit allowance from PJM Interconnection — must provide security, typically a $250,000 surety bond.
The bond names the Commission as sole beneficiary, is continuous, and is cancellable only on 60 days’ notice unless the Commission orders it maintained. Its language lets the Commission draw on it if it determines the supplier is financially insolvent or unable to meet its obligations as a licensed gas supplier.
It is not insurance for you. If the Commission draws on the bond and the surety pays, you repay the surety. The amount is fixed at $250,000 by the rule, so the price is fixed too: $7,500, a flat 3%, with one soft credit pull.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The $250,000 amount and $7,500 price are fixed.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$7,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.