Midland invests heavily in building, maintaining, and operating our distribution system. When a member chooses to disconnect their service, those costs don't disappear. Instead, the remaining members bear that expense. The idle service fee helps offset a portion of those costs.
The idle service fee helps ensure that abandoned services are identified, allowing us to remove them from our lines. The result is a decrease in operation costs and potential liabilities.
Leave the service connected and pay the full monthly access charge. Your service will remain active and everything will remain as is.
Disconnect the service and pay the idle service fee. Your service will be disconnected, but all equipment will be maintained until you wish to have the service reconnected. There will be a reconnect fee of $92 to reestablish active service.
Disconnect service without paying the idle service fee. If you no longer need the service, we will gladly remove the service and any related equipment (poles, wire, transformer) without any cost to you. Simply let one of our member care specialists know you wish to have the service removed. Should you wish to restore service at that location in the future, you will need to reapply for membership and pay for the reinstallation of new facilities and any associated fees.
