Maryland Code, Public Utilities § 12-301

(b)(1) “Communication service” means the transmission of intelligence by electrical means.

(2) “Communication service” includes the transmission of intelligence by telephone lines, telegraph lines, messenger-call, police, fire alarm, and traffic control circuits and circuits used to transmit standard television or radio signals.

(e)(1) “Electric or communication facility” means a works or improvement used or useful in providing electric service or communication service.

(2) “Electric or communication facility” includes poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, ducts, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments, and appurtenances.

(3) “Electric or communication facility” does not include a facility that:

(g)(1) “Public agency” means a county, municipal corporation, special district, or public corporation that provides electric service or communication service to the public by means of an electric or communication facility.

(2) “Public agency” does not include a county, municipal corporation, special district, or public corporation that conducts a proceeding for a conversion under this subtitle.