(a) No propane supplier shall terminate service for nonpayment to any eligible residential propane customer living at a location served by ten or more vapor meters for central heating purposes (1) on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, the day before a legal holiday, or less than one hour before such propane supplier's offices close for the day, (2) without fourteen days' written notice of such pending termination, including the date of termination and steps a customer can take to reinstate service, to the resident customer and the owner of record, and (3) for customers who provide documentation that they have applied for energy assistance, between November first and May first. A propane supplier may collect finance charges on past due balances not to exceed one and one-half per cent per month. If a propane supplier determines that a dangerous condition exists, such propane supplier may terminate any service at any time without notice.
(b) As used in this section, (1) “eligible residential propane customer” means a residential propane customer (A) who receives local, state or federal public assistance, (B) whose sole source of financial support is Social Security, United States Department of Veterans Affairs or unemployment compensation benefits, (C) who is head of the household and is unemployed, and the household income is less than three hundred per cent of the poverty level determined by the federal government, (D) who is seriously ill or who has a household member who is seriously ill, (E) whose income falls below two hundred per cent of the poverty level determined by the federal government, or (F) whose circumstances threaten a deprivation of food and the necessities of life for himself or dependent children if payment of a delinquent bill is required; and (2) “household income” means the combined income over a twelve-month period of the customer and all adults, except children of the customer, who are and have been members of the household for six months, or more.
(P.A. 09-218, S. 3; P.A. 18-72, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 09-218 effective July 8, 2009; P.A. 18-72 amended Subsec. (b)(1)(B) to replace “Veterans' Administration” with “United States Department of Veterans Affairs”.