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Delinquency and service protection

Understand the shut-off process before it reaches your door

The safest time to ask about a past-due balance, payment arrangement, or hardship protection is before the final notice. This page translates the provider’s published rules into a practical checklist.

Notice and timing

How delinquency is handled

Grace period after the due date

Approximately 30 days from billing without penalty; the day after the stated due date triggers the current-bill penalty.

Late-fee calculation

A 10% penalty is added to the current bill on the day after the due date. NSF checks/bank drafts incur a $25 service charge, and additional service charges can apply when a disconnection order is issued.

Disconnection timeline

On the fourth day after the original bill date stated on the bill, unpaid service is scheduled for disconnection and a $25 service fee is added; the City requires all past-due amounts and fees for resumption.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The disconnect date is printed on the bill. For NSF accounts, the department may contact the customer by phone or door hanger; if payment is not made by the third day of notice, another $25 disconnection service order is issued.

If a notice seems wrong

Document the account balance, payment confirmation, notice date, and any household medical or accessibility concern. Then call the provider using the contact information on its official bill or profile before the stated deadline.

Restoring service

Reconnection costs and timing

A $25 disconnection/service charge is added; the reviewed page does not publish a separate regular-hours versus after-hours restoration price.

Need a payment arrangement?

Ask before the shut-off date

Tell the customer-service representative that you are responding to a delinquency notice and ask specifically about installment plans, hardship protection, charity referrals, and the amount required to stop the disconnection order.

Customer protection guide

What to do when a bill becomes urgent

A delinquency notice from City of Texas City Utility Billing Department should be treated as a time-sensitive account document. Read the exact due date, amount required, notice method, and contact instructions on the notice, then compare them with the provider details in this guide.

If you have already paid, gather the confirmation number and posting date. If you cannot pay the full amount, call before the stated shut-off date and ask about arrangements, hardship protections, agency referrals, and the minimum amount needed to pause action.

Keep the conversation specific: ask what will stop the order, when the payment must post, whether a reconnection fee applies, and whether the utility requires a separate request for medical, accessibility, or household-protection status.

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