South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 103 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Article 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES
Subarticle 3 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Section 103-621 - Customer Deposits
Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 103-621
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
A. Each telephone utility may require from any customer or from any prospective customer, a deposit intended to guarantee payment of bills for regulated service, if any of the following conditions exist:
1. The
customer has had two 30-day arrearages in the past 24 months, or the customer
has been sent two or more late payment notices in the past 9 months;
or
2. A new customer cannot furnish
either an acceptable co-signer or guarantor who is a customer of the utility
within the State of South Carolina to guarantee payment; or
3. The customer's gross monthly billing
increases; or
4. A customer has had
his service terminated by any telephone utility for non-payment or fraudulent
use; or
5. The utility determines,
through use of commercially acceptable methods, that the customer's credit and
financial condition so warrants.
B. Each telephone utility shall inform affected prospective customers of the provisions contained in R. 103-621-(A).
C. A utility is not required to install new service to a customer prior to the utility's receipt of any deposit that is required of that customer.
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