Reschedule a Non-Pay - Disconnect Sooner-1626
Estimated Reading Time: 2 MinutesIntroduction
Before rescheduling a sooner disconnect date for non pay work order, always attempt to take a payment for the balance due
- If the payment brings the account current, and the customer still wants to disconnect service, handle as a regular disconnect request
- If after payment, the customer is past due but not suspended, handle as a regular disconnect
- If customer is unable to provide a payment for the balance due, reschedule the non pay line of business disconnect
Resolution Steps
Check if Account was Suspended or Disconnected
Work Order [WO] screen - highlight the non pay work order and click on the magnifying glass icon
- See the scheduled date to determine if account was disconnected
- If the scheduled date is today or earlier, see: Reconnecting a Disconnected Account
- If the scheduled date has not yet occurred, the account was not disconnected
- If the scheduled date is today or earlier, see: Reconnecting a Disconnected Account
Before Rescheduling the Non-Pay Disconnect
- Attempt to collect the outstanding balance
- Non pay work orders auto cancel when balance is paid
- Disconnect any services as requested
- Non pay work orders auto cancel when balance is paid
- If customer is unable to provide a payment for the outstanding balance, reschedule the non pay line of business disconnect (see steps below)
- Disconnect any active services as requested
- Disconnect any active services as requested
- Do-sooner non pay disconnect for dial up- In sites 91/92, if non-pay work order is scheduled for disconnect and customer requests a sooner date, reschedule for the next available day
Transfer Requests
- Verify the account is active with no monies past due; cannot transfer service until the account is out of non-pay status
- Account in past due status (31-60) can be transferred if:
- Customer is not past due more than the 31-60 day bucket
- Customer has been with the company over 12 months
- This is the only time the customer was in past due status for at least 6 months
- Customer is not past due more than the 31-60 day bucket
Bulk account disconnects
Services that are not part of the building agreement are subject to non-pay disconnect
- When a bulk customer is disconnected for non-pay, the bulk services remain active
- Process a payment to restore non-bulk services
Order Entry Steps
- Order Entry; select Reschedule, hit Enter
- Choose the work order to reschedule; hit Select
- If more than one work order, you are prompted to select the work order you want to reschedule
- Choose the work order to reschedule; hit Select
- Work Order Scheduling
- Find quota for an earlier date. If no open quota, (all red zeros) put in the Next field the date that would follow; hit Enter
- New dates and quota populate. Do this until you see available (green) quota
- If the next available quota is after the date currently scheduled, press Exit. Sooner quota is not available
- Note: Be sure to schedule all work orders for the same date
- If the next available quota is after the date currently scheduled, press Exit. Sooner quota is not available
- Enter to lock in the new date
- Enter until Work Order Version Comments appear
- Type: Rescheduled NP order for the next available date; hit Enter
- Check Confirm
- Continue this for each Non Pay order
- Communicate the new disconnection date with your customer
- Find quota for an earlier date. If no open quota, (all red zeros) put in the Next field the date that would follow; hit Enter