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Ill. Admin. Code tit. 83, § 280.135	electric or gas public utility	Has offered the customer a winter deferred payment arrangement (winter DPA) allowing for payment of past due amounts over a period of not less than four months not to extend beyond the following November	electric-or-gas-public-utility-illinois	December 1 through and including March 31 of the immediately succeeding calendar year	https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/illinois/Ill-Admin-Code-tit-83-SS-280.135	no electric or gas public utility shall disconnect service to any residential customer or master-metered apartment building for nonpayment of a bill or deposit where gas or electricity is used as the primary source of space heating equipment at the premises during the period of time from December 1 through and includin...	Illinois	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/electric-or-gas-public-utility-illinois/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window" ]
476.20 Disconnection limited	a public utility furnishing gas or electricity	a “head of household” as defined in section 422.4, subsection 6, and is qualified for the low income home energy assistance program or weatherization assistance program	a-public-utility-furnishing-gas-or-electricity-iowa	November 1 through April 1	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/476.20.pdf	public utility that the resident is a “head of household” as defined in section 422.4, subsection 6, and is qualified for the low income home energy assistance program or weatherization assistance program. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a public utility furnishing gas or electricity shall not disconnect service from Nov...	Iowa	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/a-public-utility-furnishing-gas-or-electricity-iowa/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window" ]
20.31.03.03	An electric, gas, or electric and gas utility	unless the utility first certifies to the Commission by an affidavit filed at least 24 hours before the termination, that the termination does not constitute a threat to the life or health of the residential occupants	an-electric-gas-or-electric-and-gas-utility-maryland	November 1 through and including March 31	https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/20.31.03.03	A. An electric, gas, or electric and gas utility may not terminate gas or electric service to occupants of residential buildings for nonpayment of bills during the period November 1 through and including March 31 of the immediately succeeding calendar year unless the utility first certifies to the Commission by an affi...	Maryland	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/an-electric-gas-or-electric-and-gas-utility-maryland/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window" ]
216B.097 COLD WEATHER RULE; COOPERATIVE OR MUNICIPAL UTILITY	A municipal utility or a cooperative electric association	all of the following conditions are met: (1) The household income of the customer is at or below 50 percent of the state median household income	a-municipal-utility-or-a-cooperative-electric-association-minnesota	between October 1 and April 30	https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/216B.097	(a) A municipal utility or a cooperative electric association must not disconnect and must reconnect the utility service of a residential customer during the period between October 1 and April 30 if the disconnection affects the primary heat source for the residential unit and all of the following conditions are met: (...	Minnesota	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/a-municipal-utility-or-a-cooperative-electric-association-minnesota/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window" ]
216B.096 COLD WEATHER RULE; PUBLIC UTILITY	utility heating service	household income is at or below 50 percent of the state median income if the customer enters into and makes reasonably timely payments under a mutually acceptable payment agreement with the utility	utility-heating-service-minnesota	October 1 through April 30	https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/216B.096	(b) "Cold weather period" means the period from October 1 through April 30 of the following year. (c) "Customer" means a residential customer of a utility. (d) "Disconnection" means the involuntary loss of utility heating service as a result of a physical act by a utility to discontinue service. Disconnection includes ...	Minnesota	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/utility-heating-service-minnesota/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window" ]
Mont. Admin. r. 38.5.1410	residential service	no termination of residential service may take place if the customer establishes that he or she is unable to pay, or able to pay only installments, that he or she or a member of the household is at least 62 years old or that he or she or a member of the household is handicapped. (2) No termination of service may take p...	residential-service-montana	November 1st to April 1st	https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/montana/Mont-Admin-r-38.5.1410	During the period November 1st to April 1st and on any day when the reported ambient air temperature at 8:00 a.m. is at or below freezing or if the U.S. Weather Service forecasts a snowstorm or freezing temperatures for the succeeding 24-hour period, no termination of residential service may take place if the customer ...	Montana	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/residential-service-montana/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window" ]
N.J. Admin. Code § 14:3-3A.5	Electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities	those residential customers who demonstrate at the time of the intended termination that they are: 1. Recipients of benefits under the Lifeline Credit Program; 2. Recipients of benefits under the Federal Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), or certified as eligible therefore under standards set by the New Jersey Depa...	electric-gas-water-and-wastewater-utilities-new-jersey	November 15 through March 15	https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-14-3-3A-5	Electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities shall not discontinue service during the period from November 15 through March 15 (referred to in this section as the "heating season"), unless otherwise ordered by the Board, to those residential customers who demonstrate at the time of the intended termination that they ...	New Jersey	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/electric-gas-water-and-wastewater-utilities-new-jersey/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window", "state" ]
4901:1-18-06	electric, gas, and natural gas	null	electric-gas-and-natural-gas-ohio	within the period of November first through April fifteenth, unless the utility company completes each of the following	https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/authenticated/4901/1/18/4901$1-18-06_20211101.pdf	Rule 4901:1-18-06 Disconnection procedures for electric, gas, and natural gas utilities. Effective: November 1, 2021 (A) If a residential customer is delinquent, as defined in paragraph (A) of rule 4901:1-18-04 of the Administrative Code, in paying for regulated services, the utility company may, after at least fourtee...	Ohio	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/electric-gas-and-natural-gas-ohio/	[ "citation", "covered_utilities", "moratorium_window", "state" ]
52 Pa. Code § 56.100	City natural gas distribution utility	a customer whose household income exceeds 150% of the Federal poverty level but does not exceed 250% of the Federal poverty level, and starting January 1, has not paid at least 50% of charges for each of the prior 2 months	city-natural-gas-distribution-utility-pennsylvania	In addition to the winter termination authority in subsection (b), a city natural gas distribution operation may terminate service after January 1 and before April 1	https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/052/chapter56/s56.100.html&d=reduce	(b) Electric distribution and natural gas distribution utilities. Unless otherwise authorized by the Commission, during the period of December 1 through March 31, an electric distribution utility or natural gas distribution utility may not terminate service to customers with household incomes at or below 250% of the Fe...	Pennsylvania	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/city-natural-gas-distribution-utility-pennsylvania/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window" ]
52 Pa. Code § 56.100	Electric distribution and natural gas distribution utilities	customers with household incomes at or below 250% of the Federal poverty level	electric-distribution-and-natural-gas-distribution-utilities-pennsylvania	December 1 through March 31	https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/052/chapter56/s56.100.html&d=reduce	(b) Electric distribution and natural gas distribution utilities. Unless otherwise authorized by the Commission, during the period of December 1 through March 31, an electric distribution utility or natural gas distribution utility may not terminate service to customers with household incomes at or below 250% of the Fe...	Pennsylvania	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/electric-distribution-and-natural-gas-distribution-utilities-pennsylvania/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window" ]
52 Pa. Code § 56.100	Water distribution utilities	null	water-distribution-utilities-pennsylvania	December 1 through March 31	https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/052/chapter56/s56.100.html&d=reduce	(a) Water distribution utilities. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, during the period of December 1 through March 31, water distribution utilities subject to this subchapter may not terminate heat related service between December 1 and March 31 except as provided in this section or § 56.98 (relating to imm...	Pennsylvania	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/water-distribution-utilities-pennsylvania/	[ "covered_utilities", "moratorium_window" ]
480-100-143	residential space heating service	The grantee will determine that the household income is not higher than the maximum allowed for eligibility under the state's plan for low-income energy assistance	residential-space-heating-service-washington	between November 15th and March 15th	https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=480-100-143	(1) During the winter months, between November 15th and March 15th, an electric utility may not discontinue residential space heating service if the customer does all of the following: (a) Notifies the utility of the inability to pay the bill and any required deposit. This notice should be provided within five business...	Washington	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/residential-space-heating-service-washington/	[ "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window" ]
PSC 113.0304	utility service which provides the primary heat source or energy source affecting the primary heat source to residential dwelling units	A utility may disconnect only those households whose gross quarterly incomes are above 250% of the federal income poverty guidelines and where health and safety would not be endangered because of the infirmities of age, developmental or mental disabilities or like infirmities incurred at any age or the frailties associ...	utility-service-which-provides-the-primary-heat-source-or-energy-source-affectin-wisconsin	November 1 to April 15 in any year	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/psc/113/III/0304	This section applies to disconnections for nonpayment of utility service which provides the primary heat source or energy source affecting the primary heat source to residential dwelling units occurring during the period November 1 to April 15 in any year for all occupied residences. <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/d...	Wisconsin	https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/utility-service-which-provides-the-primary-heat-source-or-energy-source-affectin-wisconsin/	[ "citation", "covered_utilities", "eligibility_or_income_test", "moratorium_window", "state" ]

Winter utility shutoff/disconnection moratorium by state

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Whether a utility can disconnect service for non-payment during winter, and under what conditions, varies by state on the exact season window, which utility types are covered, and whether an income test applies. Existing free summaries (e.g. energy-broker lead-gen sites) round this to 'most cold states ban Dec-Mar disconnects', which is not precise enough to answer a specific household's situation. Each record is one state and one class of utility — several states set a different window or income test for water than for electric and gas — carrying the exact moratorium window, covered utility types, and eligibility/income test if any, sourced from the state's own regulation or utility-commission order rather than a secondary summary. Answers 'can my gas get shut off in January in Pennsylvania', 'does New Jersey's winter shutoff protection cover water bills', 'what income level qualifies for winter shutoff protection in my state'.

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