Within sixty (60) days after the approval of this act, PREPA shall enter into agreements with the Department of the Family to verify which current customers or potential customers thereof are beneficiaries of the Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) administered by the Socio-economic Development Administration of the Department of the Family (ADSEF, Spanish acronym). Prior to granting the special rate for NAP beneficiaries, PREPA must verify that the customer appears in the list of beneficiaries provided by the Department of the Family.Any customer removed from the NAP shall be required to immediately notify PREPA that he/she no longer is a NAP beneficiary, as provided in § 812 of this title, and PREPA shall proceed to transfer said customer to the applicable general residential rate.The Department of the Family shall also send electronically, at least monthly, a list of the persons who have been removed from the Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) administered by the Socio-economic Development Administration of the Department of the Family (ADSEF). Once PREPA receives such list from the Socio-economic Development Administration, it shall proceed to send a notice to the customer Development Administration of the Department of the Family (ADSEF). Once PREPA receives such list from the Socio-economic Development Administration, it shall proceed to send a notice to the customer indicating that he/she has been removed from NAP, and warning him/her that he/she may be removed from the special rate for NAP beneficiaries if such removal is not challenged within thirty (30) calendar days. If the customer fails to satisfactorily show to PREPA his/her eligibility for the NAP beneficiaries special rate, or if the customer fails to contact PREPA within said thirty (30)-day term, PREPA may transfer such customer to the regular residential rate. History —Apr. 7, 2016, No. 22, § 3.7.
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