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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="7-307.3" title_number="7" title_name="Gas, Electric, and Water Companies" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consumer Relations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A public service company that intends to terminate, because of nonpayment, electric or gas service to a customer of the service to a multifamily dwelling unit shall notify the property owner or property manager of the multifamily dwelling unit before terminating service to the customer if the public service company has received the customer’s consent that designates the property owner or property manager as a third–party authorized to receive a notice of termination of services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>As a term of a lease of a multifamily dwelling unit, the property owner or property manager of the multifamily dwelling unit may require a tenant to ensure that a customer of the public service company that is responsible for the account for that multifamily dwelling unit provides consent for the property owner or property manager to receive a notice of termination of services as a result of nonpayment by the customer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A customer’s consent may be provided to a public service company by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the customer; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the consent is written, the property owner or property manager of the multifamily dwelling unit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each public service company shall set up a procedure for handling the third–party notification process in a manner best suited to the circumstances of the particular public service company.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent any other form of third–party notification that a customer may request.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Commission may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
