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Jennifer Kleinfelter urges Nevada commission to shift joint utility debt after assault
Summary
At the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada meeting, Jennifer Kleinfelter testified that Nevada Energy transferred a delinquent balance from a former joint account onto a new, single-name account she opened after fleeing an alleged domestic assault. She asked the commission to help transfer the debt back to the joint account and enforce state law.
Jennifer Kleinfelter told the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada that after a violent kidnapping and assault she moved to a confidential address, opened a new energy account in her name, and later found that Nevada Energy had closed the old joint account and placed that bill on her new account.
"Nevada Energy's response was to close the account and put the entire balance to my new account," Kleinfelter testified, and she urged the commissioners: "Please enforce Nevada state law." She cited Nevada statutes on community property and said she is not asking to be absolved of liability but is asking that her former spouse be held equally responsible for the debt until it is paid off.
Commissioner Cordova responded by thanking Kleinfelter for sharing her story and said she believes the matter is, under the utilities tariff and regulations, a civil dispute. The commission later voted to accept staff's recommendations and issue an order on agenda item 4A; the transcript does not detail the text of the order issued.
