General Info
L.E.A.P.
You may avoid termination of service by paying the current month's bill in full and entering into an installment plan with the utility to pay any past due balance in no more than six (6) equal monthly installments. The utility has the right, in the event there is a breach of the installment agreement, to discontinue service on or after the seventh day following the mailing of a notice of termination to the consumer at the address supplied by the consumer. In order for the consumer to avoid termination or to be disconnected, payment in full of the current bill and all past due amounts and the posting of deposit will be required.
In the event you are unable to pay for service as regularly billed by the utility, or you are able to pay for such service but only in reasonable installments and there is a medical certificate from a licensed physician in the State of Colorado, delivered to the utility indicating that termination of service would be especially dangerous to the health or safety of the consumer or permanent resident of your household, that there will not be discontinuance of service for sixty (60) days from the date of the medical certification with a possible thirty (30) day extension upon delivery of a second medical certification.
You are hereby notified that the following list of major federal, state, or local government agencies known to City of Gunnison Electric Department may provide consumer assistance or benefits relating to your electric service:
Social Service Department - Handles L.E.A.P. (Low Energy Assistance Program), applications, amounts granted, etc. They are located at 200 E. Virginia Ave., Gunnison, CO 81230, 970.641.3244.
Human/Social Service Main Office: 18454 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80220, 303.232.3650