Section 407-322-6 - COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTSA. Collections under Provider Billing The transmission and distribution utility shall collect payments for its issued bills and a competitive electricity provider shall collect payments for its issued bills.
B. Collections under Consolidated Utility Billing1. Except as provided under Section 3(E), the transmission and distribution utility shall collect all bill payments it issued under a consolidated utility billing contract with a competitive electricity provider.2. Within 5 business days of recording a customer's payment, the transmission and distribution utility shall transfer to a competitive electricity provider funds equal to the portion of the provider's customers' payments that are allocated to the competitive electricity provider pursuant to Section 6(C) of this Chapter.C. Allocation of Partial Payments under Consolidated Utility Billing 1. When a customer's payment is less than the total amount of the customer's bill, the partial payment shall be allocated in the following order:a. Past due transmission and distribution and standard offer charges with the oldest charge paid first. When transmission and distribution charges and standard offer charges are of the same age, the transmission and distribution charge shall be paid first.b. Past due competitive electricity provider charges with the oldest charge paid first.c. Current transmission and distribution charges.d. Current standard offer charges.e. Current competitive electricity provider charges.2. Notwithstanding subsection C(1), when a Special or Regular Payment Arrangement or Budget Payment Plan is in effect on an account, payment shall be allocated first to the amount due under the arrangement or plan and then to the competitive electricity provider charges, with the oldest competitive electricity charges paid first.3. Consumer-owned utilities may petition the Commission for authority to use a different method for allocating partial payments.65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 322, § 6