The Bay City Commission will look at a policy change tonight that would change its shutoff policy to residential customers in cold conditions. The new policy allows for extreme winter temperatures to be considered when determining if electric shutoffs should happen. WNEM TV-5 found reaction to the new policy from some local senior citizens and discovered it rekindles memories of a resident who died after his utilities were shut off. A lot of folks who live around Bay City remember Marvin Schur. He's the 93-year-old resident whose utilities were cut off to his home by the city due to non-payment back in January of 2009. Schur had the money on his kitchen table. But he froze to death because he didn't get the cash to the city. Some seniors we talked with say the city should consider the weather when cutting off power, especially if it's freezing cold outside. Charley Ueberroth says "I think they should be really lenient, because there are a lot of people who get up in age, and sometimes they even forget to go pay their bill and they shouldn't go and shut it off on them."
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Bay City to amend utility cutoff policy
via WNEM.com
The Bay City Commission will look at a policy change tonight that would change its shutoff policy to residential customers in cold conditions. The new policy allows for extreme winter temperatures to be considered when determining if electric shutoffs should happen. WNEM TV-5 found reaction to the new policy from some local senior citizens and discovered it rekindles memories of a resident who died after his utilities were shut off. A lot of folks who live around Bay City remember Marvin Schur. He's the 93-year-old resident whose utilities were cut off to his home by the city due to non-payment back in January of 2009. Schur had the money on his kitchen table. But he froze to death because he didn't get the cash to the city. Some seniors we talked with say the city should consider the weather when cutting off power, especially if it's freezing cold outside. Charley Ueberroth says "I think they should be really lenient, because there are a lot of people who get up in age, and sometimes they even forget to go pay their bill and they shouldn't go and shut it off on them."
The Bay City Commission will look at a policy change tonight that would change its shutoff policy to residential customers in cold conditions. The new policy allows for extreme winter temperatures to be considered when determining if electric shutoffs should happen. WNEM TV-5 found reaction to the new policy from some local senior citizens and discovered it rekindles memories of a resident who died after his utilities were shut off. A lot of folks who live around Bay City remember Marvin Schur. He's the 93-year-old resident whose utilities were cut off to his home by the city due to non-payment back in January of 2009. Schur had the money on his kitchen table. But he froze to death because he didn't get the cash to the city. Some seniors we talked with say the city should consider the weather when cutting off power, especially if it's freezing cold outside. Charley Ueberroth says "I think they should be really lenient, because there are a lot of people who get up in age, and sometimes they even forget to go pay their bill and they shouldn't go and shut it off on them."
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