We are prioritizing critical work necessary to protect our communities from the threat of wildfires and to make urgent repairs, even as we postpone less pressing upgrades. In summers the disconnection will not occur if prior to 8:00 am on the disconnection day, a heat warning is in effect or forecasted to be in effect. After that period passes without paying your bill, the utility company might have the right to disconnect your electricity supply after taking certain steps in regard to contacting you to try and solve this matter. Were trying to reduce the burdens people have, said Pacific Power spokesman Tom Gauntt, whose company serves customers in Northern California, Oregon and Washington. They are issuing shut-off warnings while inflation is pushing up the price of many goods, and monthly charges for heat and electricity have soared in recent months. Guzman Aceves said its hard to predict how big of an economic impact the moratorium will have on utilities bottom line. Also, please be aware that SCE will be switching customers to their Time of Use plan (TOU), instead of the current Tiered Rate plan. If your services have been terminated for non-payment, you may be required to pay a termination fee or provide a deposit in addition to paying off your debt to restore your services. For more information, please visit SCEs outage center at www.sce.com/outage. Utility providers can shut off services for non-payment. The only way I've found to do this is to see if either autopay is enabled, or it offers the option to sign up for autopay - both of these indicate the account is open. //-->