MD HB1168

Authorizes the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) to establish customer classes for service rates and charges, allowing different rates for residential, commercial, and industrial customers within the sanitary district

Permits the Commission to create customer classes within any meter size for minimum or "ready to serve" charges, addressing an inequity where residential homes with 1.5-inch meters (required for fire sprinkler systems) pay almost seven times more than other residential customers

Allows the ready to serve charge to include an infrastructure investment component, codifying a practice the Commission adopted effective July 1, 2015

Changes the basis for minimum or ready to serve charges from mandatory meter-size-based to optional, giving the Commission flexibility to use other criteria through adopted regulations

Takes effect July 1, 2025, and applies to Montgomery County and Prince George's County within the Washington Suburban Sanitary District