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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5756
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5756 on page 1, line | ||||||
| 3 | 10, by replacing "service" with "electric or gas service"; and
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| 4 | on page 1, by replacing lines 12 through 15 with the following:
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| 5 | "including entering into a repayment agreement with the | ||||||
| 6 | utility."; and
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| 7 | on page 2, by inserting immediately below line 26 the | ||||||
| 8 | following: | ||||||
| 9 | "(e) This Section does not apply under the following | ||||||
| 10 | circumstances: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) when utility service has been disconnected at a | ||||||
| 12 | location other than the meter, except that this Section | ||||||
| 13 | applies to disconnections using automated metering | ||||||
| 14 | infrastructure; | ||||||
| 15 | (2) when service has been disconnected due to | ||||||
| 16 | tampering; | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) when the customer or an adult authorized by the | ||||||
| 2 | customer does not grant a utility representative access to | ||||||
| 3 | the meter or other household area required for reconnection | ||||||
| 4 | at the time of any appointment mutually agreed upon by the | ||||||
| 5 | utility and the customer; | ||||||
| 6 | (4) when an appliance in the customer's premises that | ||||||
| 7 | require reconnection by a utility representative is not in | ||||||
| 8 | working order such that reconnection would pose a threat to | ||||||
| 9 | health or safety; or | ||||||
| 10 | (5) when unanticipated circumstances due to | ||||||
| 11 | extraordinary weather events or conditions prevent | ||||||
| 12 | compliance with this Section. | ||||||
| 13 | (f) If a utility subject to this Section incurs incremental | ||||||
| 14 | costs associated with compliance with this Section, other than | ||||||
| 15 | the credits that are not to be recovered in rates, those | ||||||
| 16 | incremental costs that are just and reasonable shall be | ||||||
| 17 | recoverable to the extent provided for in Article IX of this | ||||||
| 18 | Act.".
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