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TARIFF FOR GAS SERVICE TXU GAS COMPANY RATE SCHEDULE: 26 Service Rules and Regulations - Discontinuance of Gas Service APPLICABLE TO: Distribution System DATE:REVISION: 0 !~~ PAGE: 3 of 5 (iv) failure to pay the account of another Customer as guarantor thereof, unless Company has, in writing, the guarantee as a condition precedent to the subject Customer's service; (v) failure to pay charges arising from an under billing occurring due to any misapplication of rates more than six (6) months prior to the current billing, subject to (vi) below; (vi) failure to pay charges arising from an under billing due to any faulty metering, unless the Meter has been tampered with or unless such under billing charges are properly due; or (vii) failure to pay an estimated bill unless estimated pursuant to the provisions of these Service Regulations, or Company is unable to read the Meter due to circumstances beyond its control. (b) Company will not discontinue service to a delinquent Residential Customer permanently residing in an individually metered Dwelling Unit when that Customer affirmatively establishes, at the time the delinquency occurs, that discontinuance of service will result in some person residing at that residence becoming seriously ill or more seriously ill if the service is discontinued. A Customer seeking to avoid termination of service under this subsection must make a written request supported by a written statement from a licensed physician. Both the request and the statement must be received by Company not more than five (5) working days after the date of delinquency of the bill. The prohibition against service termination provided by this subsection shall last twenty (20) days from the date of receipt by Company of the request and statement or such lesser period as may be agreed upon by Company and the Customer. The Customer who makes such request must enter into a payment plan agreement providing for payment of the delinquent amount as well as subsequent monthly billings. (c) Except where there is a known dangerous condition or a use of Gas Service in a manner that is dangerous or unreasonably interferes with service to others, Company will not disconnect Gas Service to a delinquent Residential Customer: (i) on a day when the previous day's temperature at the approved National Weather Station for the county where the Customer takes service fell below 32 degrees Fahrenheit and the National Weather Service predicts that the temperature in that county will fall below that level during the next 24 hours; (ii) for a billing period in which Company receives a written pledge, letter of intent, purchase order, or other written notification from an energy assistance provider that it is forwarding sufficient payment to continue service; or -69-