Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF CUSTOMERS OF CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS
Section 704.4085 - Establishment of credit
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 704.4085
Current through December 12, 2024
1. A utility may require a customer to establish credit before it:
(a) Furnishes service; or
(b) Resumes service after a termination of
service, if the customer:
(1) Has not
previously paid a deposit to the utility; or
(2) Has paid a deposit, but it has been
returned to the customer in whole or in part, applied to his or her account, or
treated as part of a new deposit.
2. For the purposes of this section, a customer establishes credit if he or she:
(a)
Pays a deposit to the utility;
(b)
Has, during the 2 years preceding the request for service, been a customer of:
(1) The utility and has established
satisfactory credit; or
(2) Another
municipal or regulated telephone utility, has made timely payment of each bill
issued to him or her during the most recent 12 months of service, and the
record of payment can be verified;
(c) Uses a cosigner or guarantor, at the
option of the utility, with credit acceptable to the utility;
(d) Receives benefits from a retirement plan
or the Social Security Administration, unless he or she has unsatisfactory
credit; or
(e) Demonstrates
creditworthiness in any other manner satisfactory to the utility.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 704.409, a customer may not be required by a utility to establish credit in any particular manner described in subsection 2.
4. Upon the request of a customer, a utility shall provide a form to use in requesting his or her credit history from another utility.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 1-5-89
NRS 703.025, 704.210
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