|
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
>98° F |
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)
Extended to May 16 for 2008
|
no |
|
Disconnect not permitted if
household includes
child <12 months, seriously ill member or all residents
are 65 or older. |
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 |
no |
|
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. |
New
Mexico |
yes |
11/15
- 3/15 |
no |
|
|
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
|
|
