Lifting Utility Shutoff Moratorium Could Affect Over 1M Pennsylvania Customers

HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Although the pandemic is not over, the moratorium on utility shutoffs will end on March 31.That’s the year-long ban on utilities disconnecting customers who fail to pay their bills. Thousands of local utility customers could lose their service.
On Thursday, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) deadlocked on whether the extend the moratorium on utility shutoffs.
Two Democratic commissioners wanted to extend that to July, but two Republicans did not. That means on Ap