Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Access to utility service

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1037947421

Responsibility statement

Charles Harak, Olivia Bae Wein, Jenifer Bosco, John Howat ; contributing authors, Emily Green Caplan, Geoff Walsh, John Van Alst

Series statement

The Consumer credit and sales legal practice series

Sub title

disconnections, metering, payments, telecommunications, and assistance programs

Table Of Contents

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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