|
Alabama |
no |
|
yes |
<32° F |
|
Alaska |
no |
|
no |
|
No disconnect for seriously
ill, disabled. |
Arizona |
no |
|
yes |
<32° F |
|
Arkansas |
yes |
11/1-3/31
12/1-3/31
|
yes |
<32° F
or
>95° F |
No disconnect for
elderly or disabled or medical emergency. |
California |
no |
|
no |
|
|
Colorado |
no |
|
no |
|
|
Connecticut |
yes |
11/1
- 4/15 |
no |
|
No disconnect for
hardship customers. |
Delaware |
yes |
11/15
- 4/15 |
yes |
20° F or below |
|
District
of Columbia |
no |
|
yes |
<32° F |
|
Florida |
no |
|
no |
|
|
Georgia |
yes |
11/15
- 3/15 and summer months |
yes |
<32° F
or
Nat.
Weather Service
Heat Advisory or Excessive Heat Warning in effect |
No disconnect
if illness would be aggravated. |
Hawaii |
no |
|
no |
|
|
Idaho |
yes |
12/1
- 2/29 |
no |
|
Disconnect ban for
households with children under 18, elderly age 62 or older,
or infirm. |
Illinois |
yes |
12/1
- 3/31
and summer months |
yes |
<32° F
>=95° F |
|
Indiana |
yes |
12/1
- 3/15 |
no |
|
Prohibits disconnect if customer qualifies for public assistance. |
Iowa |
yes |
11/1
- 4/1
|
yes |
<20° F |
|
Kansas |
yes |
11/1
- 3/31 |
yes |
<
35° F |
|
Kentucky |
yes |
11/1
- 3/31 |
no |
|
|
Louisiana |
no |
|
no |
|
|
Maine |
yes |
11/15
- 4/15 |
no |
|
|
Maryland |
yes |
11/1
- 3/31 |
no |
|
|
Massachusetts |
yes |
11/15
- 4/30(electric)
11/15 - 4/30 (gas)
|
no |
|
Disconnect not permitted if
household includes
child <12 months, seriously ill member or all residents
are 65 or older. If
the elderly household is low-income and includes a minor, the
protection against termination will apply. |
Michigan |
yes |
11/1
- 3/31 |
no |
|
|
Minnesota |
yes |
10/15
- 4/15 |
Disconnect ban for residential electricity service when an excessive heat watch, heat advisory, or excessive heat warning has been issued by the National Weather Service |
|
|
Mississippi |
yes |
12/1
- 3/31 |
no |
|
|
Missouri |
yes |
11/1
- 3/31 |
yes |
<
32° F |
|
Montana |
yes |
11/1
- 4/1 |
yes |
No disconnect when the temperature at 8 a.m. is below 32° F or if freezing temperatures are forcast for the next 24 hours for customers receiving public assistance or if household member is age 62 or older or disabled. |
|
Nebraska |
yes |
11/1 - 3/31
|
no |
|
No disconnect for low-income natural gas customers with proof of eligibility for energy assistance. |
Nevada |
no |
|
no |
|
|
New
Hampshire |
yes |
11/15
- 3/31 |
no |
|
|
New
Jersey |
yes |
11/15
- 3/15 |
yes (summer) |
90o or above
|
Disconnect ban
for customers receiving Lifeline, LIHEAP, TANF, SSI, PAAD
or GA or households unable to pay overdue amounts due to unemployment, medical expenses, or recent death of spouse. If eligible for Winter Termination Program, can't disconnect if 90o F or above for following 48 hours. |
New
Mexico |
yes |
11/15
- 3/15 |
no |
|
Must be current with payments or have entered into a payment agreement and are current with that aggreement by Nov. 15 |
New
York |
yes |
2-week period encompassing Christmas and New Years |
no |
|
|
North
Carolina |
yes |
11/1
- 3/31 |
no |
|
No disconnect for
elderly, disabled, and customers who are eligible for the
Energy Crisis Assistance Program. |
North
Dakota |
no |
|
no |
|
|
Ohio |
yes |
10/20/2008 -
4/15/2009 |
no |
|
|
Oklahoma |
yes |
11/15
- 4/15 |
yes |
<32° F (daytime),
<20° F (night)
or >103° F |
|
Oregon |
no |
|
no |
|
|
Pennsylvania |
yes |
12/1
- 3/31 |
no |
|
|
Rhode
Island |
yes |
11/1
- 4/30 |
yes |
No termination if National Weather Service issues a heat advisory or excessive heat warning.
|
Disconnect ban for elderly, disabled, seriously ill, households with child under 2 years old, or recipients of unemployment compensation, federal heating assistance or have income 75% or less of state median income. |
South
Carolina |
no |
|
yes December 1-March 31 |
Disconnection is suspended when the average forecasted temperature is 32° F or below for a 45-hour period.
| |
South
Dakota |
yes |
11/1
- 3/31 |
no |
|
|
Tennessee |
no |
|
yes |
<32° F |
|
Texas |
no |
|
yes |
<32° F or during heat advisory |
No disconnect for elderly 65 years or older and critical care customers until Oct. 1.
|
Utah |
yes |
11/15
- 3/15 |
no |
|
|
Vermont |
yes |
11/1 - 3/31 |
no |
<10° F or
<32° F for households with elderly age 62 or older. |
|
Virginia |
no |
|
no |
|
|
Washington |
yes |
11/1
- 3/31 |
no |
|
|
West
Virginia |
yes |
12/1
- 2/28 |
no |
|
|
Wisconsin |
yes |
11/1
- 4/15 |
yes |
|
Prohibited when heat advisory from the National Weather Service is in effect. |
Wyoming |
yes |
11/1
- 4/30 |
yes |
Disconnection only if
above 32° F
|
|
