{"id":40338,"date":"2019-06-16T14:32:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T19:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/?p=40338"},"modified":"2019-06-18T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:30:06","slug":"woman-died-electricity-shut-off-107-degree-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/2019\/06\/woman-died-electricity-shut-off-107-degree-day.html","title":{"rendered":"72-Year Old Woman Died After Company Shut Off Electricity Over $51.84 on 107-Degree Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

(<\/b>TMU<\/b><\/a>) \u2014<\/b> Last September, Arizona Public Service (APS) shut off<\/a> Stephanie Pullman\u2019s electricity. If they hadn\u2019t, the 72-year-old very well may be alive today, according to Phoenix New Times<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pullman was living in Sun City West, Arizona with her cat Cocoa when she received a letter from APS informing her that she owed the utility company $176.84. She had only five days to pay the bill before APS would disconnect her service.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was August 23, 2018 and the temperature outside was in the triple digits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APS\u2019 shutoff warning sent to Stephanie Pullman, dated August 23, 2018. Jeanine Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the time, she was living on her Social Security income, which amounted to less than $1,000 per month. In an effort to help their mom, Pullman\u2019s children covered her bills and helped with unexpected costs when needed. For example, in April of the same year, when Pullman\u2019s air conditioner broke, her children had it repaired. Pullman\u2019s daughter, Jeanine Smith, paid the phone bill and another daughter, Chris Hotes, paid for the internet. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to Pullman\u2019s final electric bill, she didn\u2019t pay her balance with APS before the deadline of August 28. But APS didn\u2019t cut her service. Instead, Pullman paid the utility company $125 on September 5, one day after she typically received her Social Security check. <\/span><\/p>

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