Or. Admin. R. 860-021-0408

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 4, April 1, 2024

Section 860-021-0408 - Disconnect Reporting Rule

(1) As used in this rule:

(a) "Energy assistance recipient" means a residential customer who has received bill payment assistance with an energy bill from any federal, state, ratepayer-funded, or utility-supported bill payment assistance fund or program at least once within the past 12 months.

(b) "Companywide" means the geographic area served by a particular energy utility within the state of Oregon.

(c) "Local service area" means a smaller geographic unit within an energy utility's companywide service area, such as zip code, city, county, or other similar unit.

(2) Each energy utility must file a quarterly report with the Commission detailing the number of residential and small commercial disconnections for non-payment and subsequent reconnections as prescribed in this rule. An electronic report must be filed in a text-searchable Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format.

(a) For quarterly reporting purposes, the following four time periods apply: February 1 to April 30, May 1 to July 31, August 1 to October 31, and November 1 to January 31.

(b) Each energy utility must file its initial quarterly report following the first full quarter after the effective date of this rule, unless an alternative initial reporting date is set for the utility by the Commission's Consumer Services Section.

(c) The energy utility must file a quarterly report as required under this rule within 20 days of the end of each reporting period.

(3) The quarterly report must provide the following information for each month within the quarter for an energy utility's residential accounts:

(a) On a companywide basis:

(A) Number of active residential and small commercial accounts;

(B) Number of service disconnections for non-payment;

(C) Percentage of accounts with service disconnections for non-payment;

(D) Number of service disconnections for non-payment on energy assistance recipient accounts;

(E) Number of service disconnections for non-payment on medical certificate holder accounts;

(F) Number of service disconnections reported under both paragraph (D) and paragraph (E) above, i.e., disconnections for non-payment on medical certificate holder accounts that are also energy assistance recipient accounts;

(G) Number of service reconnections following a disconnection for non-payment on the same day or next calendar day following disconnection (Days 0-1); and

(H) Number of service reconnections following a disconnection for non-payment that occur more than one day and within 7 calendar days following disconnection (Days 2-7).

(b) For each local service area within the companywide area used for reporting:

(A) Number of active residential and small commercial accounts;

(B) Number of service disconnections for non-payment;

(C) Number of service disconnections for non-payment on energy assistance recipient accounts;

(D) Number of service disconnections for non-payment on emergency medical certificate holder accounts;

(E) Number of service disconnections reported under both paragraph (C) and paragraph (D) above, i.e., disconnections for non-payment on medical certificate holder accounts that are also energy assistance recipient accounts; and

(F) Number of days on which the energy utility was required to impose a moratorium on service disconnection for severe weather per OAR 860-021-0407.

(c) Zip codes must be used to identify a local service area unless a different unit is pre-approved by the Commission's Consumer Services Section for a utility's use in its reporting under this rule.

(4) Upon request of the Commission's Consumer Services Section, when made within one year of the date a quarterly report is filed with the Commission, the energy utility must provide a breakdown by zip code of the of service disconnection data reported under section (3) of this rule.

Or. Admin. R. 860-021-0408

PUC 3-2018, adopt filed 06/20/2018, effective 6/20/2018; PUC 10-2022, amend filed 09/30/2022, effective 9/30/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 756.060

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 756.040