As provided by the Rules of the Public Utility Commission, you may request a test of your electric meter if you believe that the meter is not accurately reflecting your actual electric consumption.  This test will be made at no charge to you provided that the meter has not been tested previously.  If you request a test of a previously tested meter and the meter is not defective you will be required to pay a charge, not to exceed $15.00.

Under the tariff of this Cooperative as filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, you have twenty-six (26) days from the date of the bill to pay an outstanding bill.

Your electric service may be discontinued after proper notice for the following reasons:

A.  Failure to pay an outstanding bill within twenty-six (26) days after the date of the bill.

B.  Failure to pay a delinquent account or meet the terms of the deferred payment plan.

C.  Violation of the Cooperative’s rules for the use of service in a manner that interferes with the service of others or for the operation of non-standard equipment, after the Cooperative has made every attempt to notify you of the problem and allow you to remedy the situation.

D.  Failure to comply with the Cooperative’s deposit.

The Cooperative may also disconnect service at once and without notice where a dangerous condition exists, and disconnection shall remain in effect so long as the condition exists.  Disconnection without notice may also be made when service is connected without authority by  a person who has not made application for service or has reconnected service without authority following termination of service for nonpayment in instances of tampering with the Cooperative’s meter or equipment, by-passing same, or other instances of diversion, service may be terminated immediately.

The Cooperative will either mail or personally deliver a written notice of termination at least ten (10) days prior to the date of disconnection.  Disconnection will occur only on those days when Cooperative personnel are available to receive payment to prevent disconnection.

If you are seriously ill or will become more seriously ill as a result of termination of service, you may have your physician call or contact the Cooperative within sixteen (16) days of the issuance of the bill to report your condition.  The physician must provide a confirmation letter to the Cooperative within twenty-six (26) days of the issuance of the bill and the Cooperative will refrain from terminating service for sixty-three (63) days from the issuance of the bill unless a lesser period is agreed upon.  If you make a request to avoid termination under this provision, you must enter into a deferred payment arrangement.

If you disagree with the Cooperative regarding any aspect of the Cooperative’s service you may request a supervisory review.  If you make such a request, you have five (5) days to participate in the review before the Cooperative may terminate service if the dispute is one of which the issues may result in termination, provided that the notice has been given under standard disconnection procedures.  If the billing dispute is not resolved by such review, you may appeal to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P O Box 13326, Austin TX 78711 Toll free (888)782-8477.  While such appeal or other resolution of a dispute is pending, you may avoid termination of service by paying the average of your monthly bill for the past twelve (12) months as determined by the Cooperative.  In the event the dispute is not resolved within sixty (60) days, you must keep all subsequent bills current.

If your service is interrupted for any of the reasons listed under Section IV of this bill of rights, you may re-establish service when all outstanding and delinquent bills are paid and when a deposit or other evidence of payment is provided to the Cooperative.

The hours for the Cooperative offices are 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday.  The offices are located at East on Hwy. 79, Franklin and 450 Battle RD, Mart.  The mailing addresses are P O Box 848, Franklin, TX 77856 and P O Box 60, Mart, TX 76664.  The phone numbers are Franklin:  (979)828-3232 or (800) 443-9462; Mart: (254)876-2581 or (800)445-8920.

All applicants will be assessed a full deposit.  This deposit can be lowered or waived when an applicant provides a social security number for the purpose of positive identification and risk assessment through a review of credit history.

The following governmental or social service agencies may be able to assist you if you have trouble making your payment for electric service to the Cooperative.

Serving Brazos, Leon, Robertson, Madison counties-  Brazos Valley Community Action Agency (BVCAA), 100 W William Joel Bryan Pkwy, Bryan TX 77803.   

Serving Falls County- Economic Opportunities Advancement Corporation of Planning Region XI (EOAC), 500 Franklin Ave., Waco TX 76707, 

Call 211 from your home phone to see if you qualify for assistance in your area.

Navasota Valley Electric Cooperative provides electric service without discrimination as to member’s race, nationality, color, religion, sex or marital status.

The telephone number for the teletypewriter for the deaf at the Public Utility Commission of Texas is (512)936-7136.

Members who use life-support equipment, or persons caring for persons who use life-support equipment, should notify the Cooperative concerning the equipment use so that proper notice may be given to the member in the event of a planned outage.

All outage reports after office hours, weekends and holidays should be reported to the Franklin office at (979)828-3232 or (800)443-9462. 

An outage report during normal office hours from consumers served by Franklin should report to the numbers above.  Consumers served by the Mart office should report outages to (254)876-2581 or (800)445-8920