38.5.6008    SERVICE DISCONNECTION

(1) A regulated natural gas distribution utility may not shut off or deny regulated natural gas distribution service to a customer due to the customer's failure to pay for unregulated service or service provided by another entity.

(2) Regulated distribution utilities may offer agreements to landlord small customers to allow them to authorize the utility to switch a rental unit's natural gas service to the default supplier or to a specified competitive supplier in the event of a tenant customer's service termination.

History: 69-3-1404, MCA; IMP, 69-3-1404, MCA; NEW, 1999 MAR p. 1233, Eff. 6/4/99; AMD, 2008 MAR p. 575, Eff. 3/28/08.