Prove you have applied for low-income weatherization help if it is available for your house or apartment. Agree to a payment plan which will get you current by the following October 15th. Agree to pay the money owed even if you move. A P.U.D. or city is required to include this information in your past due notice, and is required to help you get through all the steps above. Yes, but you must get prior notice of the shut-off and a chance to appeal.
Different providers have different notice periods, and different methods for appealing actions.
If you did not get written notice of the shut-off, read the next section of this pamphlet, too. If the utility is already in your name, or if you and the landlord agreed that you would pay the utility, you are already responsible for payment and should contact the provider to arrange a repayment plan. If your landlord is responsible for the bill, though, the provider should give you written notice of a threatened shut off and an opportunity to go down and put the utility in your own name. You would then be responsible for paying future bills to that address. The provider cannot make you pay the past bills of the landlord or a prior tenant.