California Public Utilities Code

§ 779.3

PUC § 779.3 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)A gas or electrical corporation shall not disconnect service for nonpayment by a residential customer receiving a medical baseline allowance pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 739 who is financially unable to pay for service within the normal payment period, who is willing to enter into an amortization agreement with the corporation pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 779 with respect to all charges that the customer is unable to pay, and who meets any of the following criteria:

(1)The customer or a member of the customer’s household is under hospice care at home.

(2)The customer or a member of the customer’s household depends upon life-support equipment, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 739.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 518, Sec. 2. (SB 1338) Effective January 1, 2019.