23 CAR § 455-603. Bankruptcy

(a) A utility may not suspend service to a trustee or debtor in bankruptcy for failure to pay a bill incurred prior to a bankruptcy filing if the trustee or the debtor pays a deposit under 23 CAR § 455-402(a)(7) within twenty (20) days of the order for relief in bankruptcy (see United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 366). (b)(1) The utility may not suspend service during that twenty-day period. (2) If a debtor asks the utility to reconnect service during that twenty-day period, the utility must reconnect. (3) After the twenty-day period, the utility may suspend service if the customer has not paid a deposit.