S.C. Code Regs. § § 103-621

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024
Section 103-621 - Customer Deposits
A. Each telephone utility may require from any customer or from any prospective customer, a deposit intended to guarantee payment of bills for regulated service, if any of the following conditions exist:
1. The customer has had two 30-day arrearages in the past 24 months, or the customer has been sent two or more late payment notices in the past 9 months; or
2. A new customer cannot furnish either an acceptable co-signer or guarantor who is a customer of the utility within the State of South Carolina to guarantee payment; or
3. The customer's gross monthly billing increases; or
4. A customer has had his service terminated by any telephone utility for non-payment or fraudulent use; or
5. The utility determines, through use of commercially acceptable methods, that the customer's credit and financial condition so warrants.
B. Each telephone utility shall inform affected prospective customers of the provisions contained in R. 103-621-(A).
C. A utility is not required to install new service to a customer prior to the utility's receipt of any deposit that is required of that customer.

S.C. Code Regs. § 103-621