Long Beach utilities will start shutting off gas service for customers behind on payments for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
For residential accounts more than $800 behind in payments, gas shutoffs started Sunday, according to a city memo from city Director of Financial Management Kevin Riper. Before the pandemic, the shutoff threshold for any delinquent account was $50.
The change follows the reinstatement of a policy in August 2023 that shut off water with an $800 balance more than 60 days late…