# Montana · residential service — Winter utility shutoff/disconnection moratorium by state

For Montana, covered utilities is residential service; citation is Mont. Admin. r. 38.5.1410; moratorium window is November 1st to April 1st, verified against its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Montana
- **Citation:** Mont. Admin. r. 38.5.1410
- **Moratorium window:** November 1st to April 1st _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Covered utilities:** residential service _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Eligibility / income test:** no termination of residential service may take place if the customer establishes that he or she is unable to pay, or able to pay only installments, that he or she or a member of the household is at least 62 years old or that he or she or a member of the household is handicapped. (2) No termination of service may take place during the period of November 1st to April 1st except with specific prior approval of the Commission. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> During the period November 1st to April 1st and on any day when the reported ambient air temperature at 8:00 a.m. is at or below freezing or if the U.S. Weather Service forecasts a snowstorm or freezing temperatures for the succeeding 24-hour period, no termination of residential service may take place if the customer establishes that he or she is unable to pay, or able to pay only installments, that he or she or a member of the household is at least 62 years old or that he or she or a member of the household is handicapped. (2) No termination of service may take place during the period of November 1st to April 1st except with specific prior approval of the Commission.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/montana/Mont-Admin-r-38.5.1410

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-03-01.
Part of [Winter utility shutoff/disconnection moratorium by state](https://referencesource.org/utility-shutoff-moratorium-by-state/).