New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Chapter II - ELECTRIC UTILITIES
Subchapter D - Rates And Charges
Part 143 - Notice Of Discontinuance And Complaint Procedures
Section 143.5 - Days when discontinuance of service is not permitted

Universal Citation: 16 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 143.5

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) No electric corporation shall discontinue service to any person for nonpayment of bills or for failure to post a required deposit on a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday, or day on which the main business office of the company is not open for business. For purposes of this section, the term public holiday refers to those holidays enumerated in the General Construction Law.

(b) No electric corporation or electric and gas corporation or municipal electric corporation shall discontinue service to any residential customer for nonpayment of bills or for failure to post a required deposit on a Friday, or on the day preceding a day on which the main business office of the company is not scheduled to be open for business, or the day immediately preceding a public holiday. No such corporation shall discontinue service to any residential customer for nonpayment of bills or for failure to post a required deposit during a two-week period encompassing Christmas and New Year's Day.

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