A bill to express the sense of Congress regarding the need for a nationwide moratorium on electric and natural gas utility disconnections during the nationwide emergency relating to the spread of the novel coronavirus.

2020-06-22

Introduced in Senate

This bill calls for states and electric or natural gas utilities to place a moratorium on utility disconnections during the emergency relating to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. In addition, the bill calls for states and utilities to ensure that

reasonable efforts are made to safely reconnect electric and natural gas consumers that have lost service;
fees for reconnection services, late fees, and other penalties are waived; and
there are no increases in cost-of-service to consumers.

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