Section 15-400. PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

 

400.1The purpose of this chapter shall be to establish procedures to prohibit termination of electric and gas utility services to master-metered apartment buildings.

 

400.2Tenants shall be provided the opportunity to take on prospective financial responsibility for the utility services pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. In addition, tenants and utilities may petition the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the appointment of a receiver.

 

400.3This chapter shall apply to all electric and gas utilities under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission that supply services to master-metered apartment buildings and have actual or constructive knowledge that the tenants of the apartment house are not persons to whom the utility sends its bills.

 

400.4The utility shall be considered to have constructive knowledge whenever a single original bill is sent for a particular utility service supplied to an entire apartment house. The mailing of duplicate copies of the original bill shall not negate this single bill status.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is §8 of the Prohibition of Electric and Gas Utility Service Terminations to Master-Metered Apartment Buildings Act of 1980, D.C. Law 3-94, D.C. Code §43-547 (1981 Ed.).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3329, 3331 (July 24, 1981).