{"id":197319,"date":"2025-09-20T00:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T05:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=197319"},"modified":"2025-09-20T00:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T05:25:37","slug":"reconnect-order-issued-for-heating-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/09\/20\/reconnect-order-issued-for-heating-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconnect order issued for heating season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has\u00a0issued its\u00a0Special Reconnect Order\u00a0for the upcoming winter heating season. The Special Reconnect Order helps Ohioans\u00a0served by\u00a0PUCO-regulated utilities\u00a0reconnect or maintain electric and natural gas service during the winter heating season between October 13, 2025, through April 15, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any residential customer of a PUCO-regulated electric or natural gas company may take advantage of the provisions contained in the order once per winter heating season. Last winter heating season, more than 204,107 Ohioans used the Special Reconnect Order.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday the Commission issues its Special Reconnect Order which will assist thousands in our state to be able to remain connected to their primary heating source during the upcoming winter,\u201d stated PUCO Chair Jenifer French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Special Reconnect Order, customers must pay the utility no more than $175 plus any applicable reconnection charge which cannot exceed $36. If the utility\u2019s reconnect charge is greater than $36, the balance above $36 may be charged to customer on the customer\u2019s next monthly bill.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Special Reconnect Order also applies to customers seeking to establish new electric or natural gas service\u202fprovided they are served by\u202fPUCO-regulated utilities. Rather than paying the full security deposit that may be required for new service, customers can pay up to $175 and the balance\u202fabove $175 may be charged to the customer on the customer\u2019s next monthly bill.\u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no income eligibility requirement to use the Special Reconnect Order; however, customers who are at or below 175 percent of the federal income guidelines may apply for assistance through the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) winter crisis program to pay the $175 amount.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to take advantage of the Special Reconnect Order, contact your electric or natural gas utility between October 13, 2025, through April 15, 2026 to find out how to apply the Special Reconnect Order to your bill. Utility representatives will explain the order and set up a payment plan to address any remaining balance on your account after the $175 has been applied. A list of PUCO-regulated utilities<\/a> is available on the PUCO website.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information about energy assistance programs and ways to save on home heating bills this winter is available on the PUCO\u2019s website here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted information COLUMBUS — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has\u00a0issued its\u00a0Special Reconnect Order\u00a0for the upcoming winter heating season. The Special Reconnect Order helps Ohioans\u00a0served by\u00a0PUCO-regulated utilities\u00a0reconnect or maintain electric and natural gas service during the winter heating season between October 13, 2025, through April 15, 2026.\u00a0 Any residential customer of a PUCO-regulated electric or natural gas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 10:00:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197320,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197319\/revisions\/197320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}