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MISC. INQUIRIES
100
The term used in the PGL/NSG Turn On process when the gas is on and the order's completion method is Appointment

What is succession

100

The program by which a customer pays the same amount each month, with review at 6 months, and settlement at 12 months.

What is Budget Billing?

100

The payment method by which a customer's bill, including final bill, will be automatically drafted from the indicated checking or savings account.

What is Automatic Payment Plan?

100

The PGL/NSG process you follow when a customer reports strange noises or hissing sounds coming from the meter but does not smell gas.

What is Service Work Referral?

100
An estimate of the cost of utility services for the primary source of heat, which must be provided prior to leasing or selling residential units or buildings in the city of Chicago.

What is Heating Cost Disclosure?

200

The completion method of a turn on order if a part of the contract application fails or is not performed.

What is Do Not Dispatch?

200

The program allowing building owners to have service automatically revert to them rather than being turned off between tenants.

What is Owner Agreement?

200

The status of an ach payment record that means it has been sent to the bank for processing and can no longer be cancelled.

What is Released?

200

The statement that must be read when a service order required a technician to visit the property for access to the meter and/or premise.

What is Dog Bite (Pet) and Safety Advisory?

200
The items a customer must provide to confirm identity when setting up their My Account and linking it to their utility service billing.

What are: name exactly as it appears on the bill, 15-digit account number, and last four of SSN or Tax ID number.

300

The information we collect from a customer to assist with POSID Enrollment Verification during the Turn On process.

What are: Full Legal Name incl. MI, SSN, DoB, Primary ID (DL / SID / Other), Previous US Address?

300

The program by which MERC and MGU customers can choose an alternate payment date for their bill to better fit their finances.

What is Preferred Due Date (PDD)?

300

The OLE you reference when the customer has a credit balance and wants to be reimbursed.

What is Refund Check?

300

The minimum age of the person required to provide access to a meter or premise to complete a service order.

What is 18?

300

The items a customer needs to establish or reconnect to their My Account profile via any of our utility websites.

What are email address and password?

400

The OLE where you can locate tips to avoid starting service at the wrong address during a turn on order.

What is Avoid a Switched Customer Situation?

400

The program by which eligible PGL/NSG customers can defer their due date by 10 days to better fit their source of benefits income.

What is Preferred Payment Date (PPD)?

400

The payment method that allows the customer to pay by a credit / debit card and reflects immediately on the account as memo post.

What is Quick Pay?

400

The order status(es) that can be modified to update things such as access instructions or wanted date.

What is pending or in progress?

400

The business relationships that are entered as a customer type of person in Open-cIS.

What are Sole Proprietor and Partnership?

500

The reason to create a duplicate customer record when issuing a turn on order.

What is service with a different WEC utility?

500

The OLE that provides tools, tips, and probing questions to address a customer's concern over the accuracy of their utility bill.

What is High Bill Resolution?

500

The type of payment / credit on an account that cannot be refunded and must remain on the active account to cover future charges.

What is Energy Assistance?

500

The completion method when a tech visit is not required and the order will be closed in batch.

What is Auto Complete?

500

The items that can be used to verify a customer's identity before releasing confidential information.

What are: password, SSN, DL or SID, Phone Number or Account Number (if not already provided).

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