Service may not be terminated for the time period
specified in a medical certification. The maximum length of the certification
shall be 30 days.
(1)
Time
period not specified. If no length of time is specified or if the time
period is not readily ascertainable, service may not be terminated for at least
30 days.
(2)
Renewals. Certifications may be renewed in the same manner and
for the same time period as provided in §
§
56.352 and
56.353 (relating to postponement
of termination pending receipt of certificate; and medical certifications) and
this section if the customer has met the obligation under §
56.356 (relating to duty of
customer to pay bills). In instances when a customer has not met the obligation
in §
56.356 to equitably make payments
on all bills, the number of renewals for the customer's household is limited to
two 30-day certifications filed for the same set of arrearages. In these
instances, the public utility is not required to honor a third renewal of a
medical certificate and is not required to follow §
56.358(3)
(relating to right of public utility to petition the Commission). The public
utility shall apply the dispute procedures in §
§
56.381 and
56.382 (relating to public utility
company dispute procedures). When the customer eliminates these arrearages, the
customer is eligible to file new medical certificates.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 56.354 amended May 31, 2019, effective
6/1/2019, 49 Pa.B.
2815.
The provisions of this § 56.354 amended under the
Public Utility Code,
66 Pa.C.S. §
§
501,
1301,
1401-1419,
1501 and
1509.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
56.355 (relating to restoration of
service).
