Ohio Admin. Code 4901:1-18-16 - Graduate percentage of income payment plan program
(A) Percentage of
income payment plan plus (PIPP plus) customers that remain within the gas or
natural gas utility company's service territory shall automatically be enrolled
in the graduate PIPP plus program when one of the following occurs:
(1) The customer elects to terminate
participation in the PIPP plus program.
(2) The customer is no longer eligible to
participate in PIPP plus as a result of an increase in the household income or
a change in the household size.
(B) PIPP plus customers removed from the
program due to fraudulent enrollment in the PIPP plus program are not eligible
to participate in graduate PIPP plus.
(C) Any graduate PIPP plus customer who
tampers with the gas or natural gas utility company's meter, metering
equipment, or other property, or is the
beneficiary of such act, shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs
(E)(3)(A)
(E)(2)(a) to (E)(3)(d)
(E)(2)(d) of
rule 4901:1-18-07 of the
Administrative Code.
(D) To be
enrolled in
eligible
for graduate PIPP plus, a former PIPP plus customer must be current with
his/her income-based payments on the gas or natural gas utility company account
or cure any missed PIPP plus payments within one
two billing
cycle
cycles of the customer's
enrollment in graduate
removal from PIPP plus.
(E) Upon enrollment in graduate PIPP plus,
the gas or natural gas utility company shall provide the graduate PIPP plus
customer with a copy of the graduate PIPP plus participation requirements
including, at a minimum, the customer's monthly payment plan over the next
twelve months or the remaining term of the graduate
PIPP program, service address, mailing address, the account arrearage at
graduate PIPP plus initiation, applicable fees, if any, arrearage credit, and
the customer's responsibilities.
(F)
Upon enrollment
in graduate
Graduate PIPP plus, the
customers
customer shall be provided the incentive of a
reduction in their outstanding arrearages in return for continuing to make
timely payments of the amount due, as set forth in rule
4901:1-18-14 of the
Administrative Code.
(G) The
graduate PIPP plus customer shall be billed the average of his/her income-based
PIPP plus payment and the customer's budget bill amount, calculated using the
utility company's normal methodology, ([PIPP plus payment + budget bill amount]
รท 2) for the twelve billing cycles following enrollment in the program
or the remaining term of the graduate PIPP
program. The transition payment shall be based on the income and
household size immediately prior to the PIPP plus customer becoming ineligible
for PIPP plus or electing to terminate participation in PIPP. After twelve
billing cycles, the graduate PIPP plus customer is no longer eligible for
arrearage credits. Any
At the conclusion of graduate PIPP, any remaining
arrearage on the customer's account may become due and the customer may be
placed on one of the extended payment plans in rule
4901:1-18-05 of the
Administrative Code. If the arrearage remains on the customer's account and the
customer fails to make extended payment arrangements, the gas or natural gas
utility company may initiate disconnection procedures for failure to pay the
remaining arrearage.
(H) An active
or former graduate PIPP plus customer may re-enroll in PIPP plus at any time,
provided that he or she meets the income qualifications. The active or former
graduate PIPP plus customer must be current with his or her graduate PIPP plus
payments or cure any missed graduate PIPP plus default prior to re-enrollment
in PIPP plus.
(I) No gas or natural
gas utility company shall require a deposit on graduate PIPP plus customer
accounts while the customer is enrolled in graduate PIPP plus. The gas or
natural gas utility company may assess the customer a deposit, pursuant to rule
4901:1-17-04 of the
Administrative Code, if the customer elects to terminate participation in
graduate PIPP plus or the customer's participation in PIPP plus is
terminated.
(J) No gas or natural
gas utility company shall apply late fees to a graduate PIPP plus customer's
account.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 4905.04, 4905.06
Rule Amplifies: 4905.06, 4905.22, 4933.12, 4933.122
Prior Effective Dates: 11/01/2010, 04/15/2015
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