(a) The due date for payment of a deposit or
any installment payment toward a deposit, other than an initial installment or
a deposit required as a condition for the reconnection of service under §
56.41(2)
(relating to general rule) may not be less than 21 days from the date of
mailing or service on the applicant of notification of the amount
due.
(b) An applicant required by a
public utility to pay a deposit under §
56.32 (relating to security and
cash deposits) or an applicant paying a deposit for the reconnection of service
under §
56.41(2) may be
required by the public utility to pay 50% prior to, and as a condition of, the
reconnection of service with 25% billed 30 days after reconnection of service
and 25% billed 60 days after the reconnection of service. The public utility
shall inform the applicant of the option to pay the deposit in the installments
described in this subsection. If the applicant chooses to pay the deposit in
installments, installment payments must be paid in full by the due date.
Failure to pay an installment by the due date is grounds for termination of
service as provided in §
56.81 (relating to authorized
termination of service). The applicant retains the option to pay the deposit
amount in full before the due date regardless of any deposit installments
previously paid.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 56.38 adopted April 8, 1983, effective
4/9/1983, 13 Pa.B. 1250; amended
October 7, 2011, effective 10/8/2011, 41 Pa.B. 5473; amended May 31, 2019,
effective 6/1/2019, 49 Pa.B.
2815.
The provisions of this § 56.38 issued under the
Public Utility Code,
66 Pa.C.S. §
§
331,
501,
504,
1301,
1305,
1501 and
1504; amended under the
Public Utility Code,
66 Pa.C.S. §
§
501,
1301,
1401-1419,
1501 and
1509.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
56.32 (relating to security and
cash deposits).
