Vermont utility moratorium ends
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Updated: 3:27 AM EDT Jul 16, 2021
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Updated: 3:27 AM EDT Jul 16, 2021
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APPLICATIONS TO BE PROCESSED... AND MORE GRANITE STATERS WILL APPLY. RIGHT NOW. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF UTILITY CUSTOMERS. IN VERMONT... ARE BEHIND ON THEIR ACCOUNTS AND OWE MONEY. BUT as NBC5'S CAROLYN SISTRAND tells us... THERE IS HELP on the way. TO GET THOSE BALANCES. BACK TO ZERO. KEEPING CUSTOMERS CONNECTED. ON THURSDAY... VERMONT'S UTILY IT MORATORIUM CAME TO AN END. BUT NOT FOR BURLINGTON ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS. Y. B-E-D IS MAINTAINING THEIR OWN MORATORIUM... KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR BILLS RIT GHNOW. AND OVER THE PAST 60 DAYS... 28-THOUSAND 5- HUNDRED CUSTOMERS OF GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER FOUND THEMSELVES BEHIND ON THEIR BILL S. G-M-P SAYS IT'S NOT KEEPG IN THEIR MORATORIUM IN PLACE. HELPING THEIR CUSTOMERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MOY NE AVAILABLE TO THEM. A SECOND ROUND OF E TH VERMONT COVID-19 ARREARAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS ROLLING OUT LATER THIS MONTH... OFFERING TO PAY PAST-DUE BILLS FOR UTILITIES LIKE: ELECTRIC, LANDLINE PHONES, NATURAL GAS, WATER OR SEWER AND OTHER WASTEWATER CHARG. ES YOU MUST APPLY BEFORE OCTOBER 15. FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUD TE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, OR UNTIL THEY R OUNUT. RENTERS CAN ALSO GET HELP THROUGH VERMONT'S EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.