Pledges Under Energy Crisis Intervention Program/Fast Track Sample Clauses

Pledges Under Energy Crisis Intervention Program/Fast Track. A. Utility customers applying for LIHEAP assistance who have received a shutoff or disconnection notice may qualify for the Energy Crisis Intervention Program or Fast Track (ECIP FT) as determined by the LSP or CSD personnel processing the application. In order to render more timely assistance to low-income utility customers at-risk of experiencing service disruption or service termination due to non-payment, CSD has devised a process whereby Utility can receive immediate notification of an at-risk low-income utility customer’s participation in LIHEAP and the qualifying amount of LIHEAP assistance the utility customer is to receive. The notification of customer’s participation in LIHEAP and the amount of the qualifying LIHEAP benefit will be made by LSPs using the Utility’s preferred method of notification. B. The Utility agrees to accept a pledge submission as notification of the utility customer’s participation in LIHEAP, from the LSP or CSD personnel and post the LIHEAP pledge amount as a credit pending on the customer’s account. Utility agrees to honor the pledge for up to 60 days and take into account the LIHEAP benefit amount when determining any scheduled disconnection or shutoff against the account during the pledge period. C. Payment for LIHEAP pledges will be issued by CSD directly to the Utility in accordance with payment issuance and processing instructions reflected in Section 1.6.