TY - BOOK AU - Harak,Charlie AU - Wein,Olivia Bae AU - Bosco,Jenifer AU - Howat,John AU - Caplan,Emily Green AU - Walsh,Geoff AU - Van Alst,John W. ED - National Consumer Law Center, TI - Access to utility service: disconnections, metering, payments, telecommunications, and assistance programs T2 - The Consumer credit and sales legal practice series SN - 9781602481725 AV - KF 2094 .H37 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Boston, MA PB - National Consumer Law Center KW - Public utilities KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - Telecommunication KW - Consumer protection KW - Legal assistance to the poor KW - fast N1 - 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 UR - https://0-library-nclc-org.tallons.law.utexas.edu/node/50649 ER -