THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, GEORGE, FABRIZIO, M. O'BRIEN, K. SMITH AND STABACK, JANUARY 19, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JANUARY 19, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in responsible utility customer

protection, further providing for termination of utility

service.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1406(g) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1406.  Termination of utility service.

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(g)  Qualification for LIHEAP.--

(1)  A notice of termination to a customer of a public

utility shall be sufficient proof of a crisis for a customer

with the requisite income level to receive a LIHEAP Crisis

Grant from the Department of Public Welfare or its designee.

(2)  It shall be a condition of acceptance by a public

utility of a LIHEAP Crisis Grant from the Department of

Public Welfare or its designee that the public utility will

not terminate service to the customer within 60 days of

acceptance of the grant and will enter into a payment

agreement under section 1405(d) (relating to payment

agreements) or, notwithstanding the provisions of section

1405(d), a second or subsequent payment agreement with the

customer for payment of that portion of the bill which is not

in dispute.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.