Minnesota
For Minnesota, who it covers is A municipal utility or a cooperative electric association; moratorium window is during the period between October 1 and April 30; condition attached to the protection is all of the following conditions are met: (1) The household income of the customer is at or below 50 percent of the state median household income; source authority is 216B.097, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.
- State
- Minnesota our reading
- Who it covers
- A municipal utility or a cooperative electric association verified
- Moratorium window
- during the period between October 1 and April 30 verified
- Condition attached to the protection
- all of the following conditions are met: (1) The household income of the customer is at or below 50 percent of the state median household income verified
- Source authority
- 216B.097 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
A municipal utility or a cooperative electric association must not disconnect and must reconnect the utility service of a residential customer during the period between October 1 and April 30 if the disconnection affects the primary heat source for the residential unit and all of the following conditions are met: (1) The household income of the customer is at or below 50 percent of the state median household income. A municipal utility or cooperative electric association utility may (i) verify income on forms it provides or (ii) obtain verification of income from the local energy assistance provider. A customer is deemed to meet the income requirements of this clause if the customer receives any form of public assistance, including energy assistance, that uses an income eligibility threshold set at or below 50 percent of the state median household income. (2) A customer enters into and makes reasonably timely payments under a payment agreement that considers the financial resources of the household
— revisor.mn.gov, retrieved 2026-08-28
Source
- revisor.mn.govhttps://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/216B.097