By February, the 33-year-old said, she paid off all but $74 of the nearly $600 she owed the utility and stayed current on her monthly bills. But one night last month, she came home and discovered Con Edison had cut her power off anyway. Nearly 50 more companies voluntarily pledged to postpone shutoffs, according to a survey by a watchdog group. In states such as Ohio, New York and New Jersey, state regulators said all major utilities volunteered to pause shutoffs. The company told HuffPost the policy only applied to New Orleans at the moment as it waited for directions from state agencies.

Source: Huffington Post March 14, 2020 00:55 UTC