Minnesota Administrative Rules

7820.2400 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

Where required by this chapter, notice of impending action by the utility shall be by first class mail. Notice shall be sent to the address where service is rendered and to the address where the bill is sent if different from the address where service is rendered. A representative of the utility must make an affidavit under oath that the representative deposited in the mail the notice properly addressed to the customer. In lieu of mailing, notices may be delivered by a representative of the utility. Such notices must be in writing and receipt of them must be signed by the customer, if present, or some other member of the customer's family of a responsible age or the utility representative must make an affidavit under oath that the representative delivered the notice to the customer or the customer's residence. A record of all notices and all affidavits required by this chapter must be kept on file by the utility and must be made available to the commission. Disconnection notices shall contain the date on or after which disconnection will occur, reason for disconnection, and methods of avoiding disconnection in normal, easy-to-understand language.

All notice required by this chapter must precede the action to be taken by at least five days excluding Sundays and legal holidays. No notice may be given until the condition of which it informs, presently exists.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216B.08; 216B.09

History:

17 SR 1279

Published Electronically:

October 15, 2009