Access to utility service : disconnections, metering, payments, telecommunications, and assistance programs /
Charles Harak, Olivia Bae Wein, Jenifer Bosco, John Howat ; contributing authors, Emily Green Caplan, Geoff Walsh, John Van Alst.
- Sixth edition.
- xxvi, 691 pages ; 28 cm.
- The Consumer credit and sales legal practice series .
- Consumer credit and sales legal practice series. .
Subtitle for previous editions: "regulated, de-regulated and unregulated utilities, deliverable fuels, and telecommunications".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Right to utility service -- Tenant strategies for maintaining service -- Metering issues : metering errors, master-metering, submetering, prepayment meters, advanced meters -- Payment issues : payment, security deposits, and late charges -- Grounds for termination of utility service and termination protections -- Utility affordability programs : description and implementation -- The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) -- Weatherization and energy efficiency programs -- Utility allowances in subsidized housing -- Telecommunications -- Affordable water service -- Bankruptcy issues : when either the consumer or landlord files for bankruptcy -- Manufactured homes and utility service -- Due process protections for municipal and REC customers : unregulated deliverable fuels -- Appendices.
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Public utilities--Law and legislation--United States. Telecommunication--Law and legislation--United States. Consumer protection--United States. Legal assistance to the poor--United States. Consumer protection. Legal assistance to the poor. Public utilities--Law and legislation. Telecommunication--Law and legislation.