Me and my husband just rented an apartment. the owner currently pays the light and gas in the apartment...?

but since we are moving in he said we needed to change the ligh and gas to our name or they will cut the service.... how do we do that without having it cut until its all processed???????......

Janet P	He had to put them into his name while the apartment was vacant. It only takes a call to switch it over to your name, nothing will be cut off, you can take care of this in 5 minutes.
Christine Q	The owner put the utilities in his name so he could work on the apt, or to have the air or heat working. As soon as you call the electric and gas company......depending on where you are........you might have to pay a deposit.......and if you owe any back payments to them from your other residences. They should put it in your name the day you call or the next or on your move in date. They usually don't turn it off......they read the meter and charge the last person which would be the owner.
ann	It will say in the lease if the apartment comes with these utilities. The amount is pro-rated by the utility company, you will take over on the date of move-in and pay your portion of the bill for the month.
ibu guru	Almost all apartments, and all condos, houses, etc. require the tenants to pay all utilities. It was probably in the ad and/or lease. To avoid disruptions in service, and because the landlord owns the property, the utilities companies put the original service in the owner's name, then when a tenant moves in, they transfer the account to the tenant's name, read the meter, and bill the tenant from the time they read the meter until the tenant moves out. This saves having to go out to the property and shut-off and turn-on the service so often -- it saves a lot of money! Now that you are the tenant, call the utility company, put the utilities in your name. If you already have had service with that company at a prior address and your credit is good, you won't have to pay a deposit. And because the account is transferred instead turned off-&-on, you save about $100-250 for connection fees. If you do not have credit with the particular utility, they might require a deposit, but you are still saved the connection fees if they do not turn service off-&-on. You might be required to go to the utilities companies' offices to show your signed lease or rent receipt and pay your deposits, especially if you are new to the area and have no or poor credit.
miamikey76	BY CALLING THE LIGHT AND GAS COMPANY AND SAYING YOU WANT TO MAKE A NAME TRANSFER AND INFORMATION AND THAT YOU WANT THAT TO HAPPEN WITH OUT INTRUPTION GOOD LUCK
BettyBoop	Get it done quickly, once you have contacted the businesses for the change and you know when it's switched over tell your landlord, it's been taken care of.
Feeling Mutual	Call the electric company and call the gas company.
Andrew	You can call the gas company and electric company, but you should ask them if its going in your name does that mean you will be paying for it? If they say yes, then you have an issue, and you shouldn't move in, or shouldn't have moved in, Did he say or write in a lease that he was going to pay for those utilities, if he said it, well your pretty but out of luck, but if he wrote it and signed on it, then you can bring him to court!!!
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovo	If the owner pays for the light and gas you guys are not supposed to put your name on the service. Thats B.S.
telewheelsmike	It may be a requirement in your area, but it does not sound like it to me. Anyway ... I am assuming that you have a written lease. In that lease, he is required to pay the bill (regardless of whose name it is in). As long as the lease is dated prior to the change, you are protected. I would explain the situation to the utility, and ask them to note your account a tenant, and the reason for the bill being put in your name as added protection. This is not something that would require you to make issue of at this point. My best guess is that the landlord has a poor credit rating with the utility, and they will require a deposit or similar to put it into his name. Good luck.