"Vulnerable customers," as defined by the General Assembly, could have their power turned off next week if they're behind on paying their electricity bills. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
Dominion Energy resumed disconnections for nonpayment for most customers last September, but customers who receive benefits such as food assistance have been spared until March 1st.
Spokesperson Peter Goldin said that customers who've fallen behind on their bills have multiple payment plan options, including one they can enroll in from now until June 30th that would allow them to catch up with 24 monthly installments and no down payment.
PETER GOLDIN: Usually if power is disconnected due to nonpayment, those are usually done in the morning, and then power is usually restored by the afternoon or the evening, because we encourage those customers to either pay, pay a portion, or get on a payment plan. Once any of those things are done, we send someone out to restore that power … so you can get on a payment plan, have your power restored, and then start making your payments on that payment plan the next month or later down the line.
He said there's currently no additional reconnection fee to get your power turned back on.
