STart ELECTRIC SERVICE

RENTERS: Please come to the HMLP office to complete a Start Service Request. A copy of your driver’s license or ID will be required. A deposit must be paid by cash, check, or money order.

Terms and Conditions:

III SECURITY DEPOSITS

1. IN GENERAL: Where these terms and conditions require that a security deposit be made, HMLP will not begin service until the security deposit has been paid in full.

B. TENANTS: Residential Customers who do not own the property to which service is to be provided will be required to make a security deposit, as follows:

1. ELECTRIC HEAT OR ELECTRIC HOT WATER HEATERS: For Customers with electric heat or hot water heaters, the deposit shall be equal to the two highest electric bills for that address in the previous twelve (12) months of electrical service while the premises are occupied. If the property is new and there are no previous electric bills, HMLP shall require a deposit equal to two months estimated usage for peak months. Minimum deposits will be $200.00 for electric heat, $150.00 for electric hot water or $150.00 for heat pumps .

2. CUSTOMERS WITH NON-ELECTRIC HEAT AND HOT WATER: Residential tenants with neither electric heat nor electric hot water heaters will be required to make a security deposit of $100.00 or an amount equal to the total of the two highest of the last twelve (12) occupied billings for the service location, whichever is greater.

3. EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TENANTS: A tenant moving from one HMLP service location to another at which he or she will also be a tenant, or an owner moving to a location at which he or she will be a tenant, will not be required to make a security deposit if he or she has been an HMLP Customer for at least three (3) years and has never had any amount due on any account for more than thirty (30) days.