Tenant’s Gas Shutoff due to non payment

[Eric Waterman]

I have a situation where a tenant, which I’m trying to evict but can’t due to the moratorium, has stopped paying the gas bill.  The utility company has shut off the gas to the unit.  The utility is in the tenants name.  As the landlord, am I required to transfer the service to my name while the tenant is still living there?  I’m not responsible for their past bill according to the utility company.  I don’t want to turn it back on for the tenant to run up gas charges.  The tenant should be leaving but I don’t know when at this point. I am trying to figure out what I am supposed to do.  If it is my responsibility to have gas on then I’ll do what I have to do.  It is just for heat and cooking. Heat isn’t an issue right now because it’s middle of summer.