9-12-201. Moratorium on involuntary termination for nonpayment of utility bills --
Eligibility criteria -- Department to establish and certify.
(1) The department shall establish a program for a seasonal moratorium for involuntary
termination for nonpayment by residential customers of essential utility bills. An essential utility
is a utility regulated by the Public Service Commission under Title 54, which is in the business of
the retail distribution of electricity or natural gas. A residential customer is a customer defined as
in a residential class by the Public Service Commission.
(2) A residential customer must meet the following criteria to qualify for the program:
(a) gross household income is less than 125% of the federal poverty level or the
household has suffered a medical or other emergency, loss of employment, or is experiencing
other circumstances which have resulted in a substantial loss of income;
(b) the customer has made application to public and private energy assistance programs;
(c) the customer is willing to make a good faith effort to pay these utility bills on a
consistent basis; and
(d) any additional information required by the department.
(3) A residential customer may file with a local department office an affidavit attesting
eligibility under the criteria in Subsection (2). The department shall certify that the customer has
met the eligibility requirements and forward a copy of the affidavit to the effected utility.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 336, 1998 General Session
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