Q: Can my utilities account be closed without my consent?
Going through eviction proceedings and have a court date for the 21st. I get a call from FPL saying my account is being closed because they’ve been notified I’m moving out and another customer is starting an account at my address.
A:
Although you are not going to like the answer you need to hear it anyway:
1. Unfortunately, the law does not operate nearly as fast as FPL does when they smell money.
2. Absent some very good reason, FPL does not need your consent to switch their electric service from your name to the name of another person who they have been told is taking over the apartment you presently live in.
3. Unless you have very good legal reason to stop the eviction process at the final hearing next Wednesday you will have to move out very soon.
4. Hiring a lawyer so late in the game will probably not work either; and the fee would probably exceed your rent.
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