4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-3-3409
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3409 - Restoration of Service(a) Unless prevented from doing so by safety concerns or exigent circumstances, a utility shall restore, without additional fee or charge, any discontinued service which was not properly discontinued or restored as provided in rules 3407, 3408, and 3409.(b) A utility shall restore service if the customer does any of the following: (I) pays in full the amount for regulated charges shown on the notice and any deposit and/or fees as may be specifically required by the utility's tariff in the event of discontinuance of service;(II) pays any reconnection and collection charges specifically required by the utility's tariff, enters into an installment payment plan, and makes the first installment payment, unless the cause for discontinuance was the customer's breach of such an arrangement;(III) presents a medical certificate, as provided in subparagraph 3407(e)(IV); or(IV) demonstrates to the utility that the cause for discontinuance, if other than non-payment, has been cured.(c) A utility shall reconnect a customer's service on the same day as the customer requests reconnection, if the customer makes a payment or payment arrangement in accordance with the utilities policies, requesting reconnection of service on a Monday through Friday that is not a holiday, and one of the following circumstances is met: (I) the customer has advanced metering infrastructure and has requested reconnection of service at least one hour before the close of business for the electric utility's customer service division; except that the utility may reconnect service on the day following a disconnection of service if there are internet connectivity, technical, or mechanical problems or emergency conditions that reasonably prevent the utility from remotely reconnecting the customer's service; or(II) the customer is without advanced metering infrastructure and has requested reconnection of service on or before 12:59 p.m.; except that, an electric utility or gas utility may reconnect the customer's service on the day following a disconnection if: (A) prior to disconnection of the customer's service, the utility has made a qualifying communication with the customer; or(B) an emergency or safety event or circumstance arises after disconnection of service that renders the utility's staff temporarily unavailable to safely reconnect service. If next-day reconnection of service is not possible due to the continuation of the emergency or safety event or circumstance, the utility shall reconnect the customer's service as soon as possible.(d) Unless prevented by an emergency or safety event or circumstance, a utility shall restore service to a customer who has completed an action in paragraph (b) within 24 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) of the time that the customer completes an action in paragraph (b), or within 12 hours of the time that the customer completes an action in paragraph (b) if the customer pays applicable after-hours charges and fees established in tariffs.(e) The utility must resolve doubts as to whether a customer has met the requirements for service restoration under paragraph (b) in favor of restoration.38 CR 17, September 10, 2015, effective 9/30/201539 CR 06, March 25, 2016, effective 4/14/201639 CR 08, April 25, 2016, effective 5/15/201640 CR 22, November 25, 2017, effective 12/15/201742 CR 03, February 10, 2019, effective 3/2/201942 CR 07, April 10, 2019, effective 4/30/201942 CR 09, May 10, 2019, effective 5/30/201943 CR 08, April 25, 2020, effective 5/15/202043 CR 12, June 25, 2020, effective 7/15/202043 CR 20, October 25, 2020, effective 11/14/202044 CR 13, July 10, 2021, effective 7/30/202144 CR 24, December 25, 2021, effective 1/14/202245 CR 18, September 25, 2022, effective 10/15/202246 CR 02, January 25, 2023, effective 2/14/202347 CR 08, April 25, 2024, effective 5/15/2024