This article released by the Philadelphia Energy Authority is actually dated to this past November 2020, when the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission decided utilities could resume shutting off customers who did not pay their utility bills. With the November provisions, utilities were allowed to shutoff non-paying customers IF they followed the PUC's guidelines. These guidelines included protecting customers who were low-income, enrolling people in payment plans first, and doubling the shutoff notice time.
Source
Philadelphia Energy Authority. (2020, Nov 12). “Utility Shutoffs Allowed with Restrictions by Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.”
Philadelphia Energy Authority, "Utility Shutoffs Allowed with Restrictions by Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission", contributed by Briana Leone, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 17 March 2021, accessed 23 April 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/utility-shutoffs-allowed-restrictions-pennsylvania-public-utilities-commission
Critical Commentary
This article released by the Philadelphia Energy Authority is actually dated to this past November 2020, when the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission decided utilities could resume shutting off customers who did not pay their utility bills. With the November provisions, utilities were allowed to shutoff non-paying customers IF they followed the PUC's guidelines. These guidelines included protecting customers who were low-income, enrolling people in payment plans first, and doubling the shutoff notice time.