UniSource Energy Services utility deposit bonds.
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When UniSource Energy Services (UNS Electric or UNS Gas) asks for a security deposit to start or keep service, its filed tariff lets you post a surety bond in an amount equal to the required deposit instead of cash. We review the file and return a quote, usually within one business day.
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How much does a UniSource Energy Services utility deposit bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
From deposit notice to bond on file.
UniSource tells you the deposit; the bond stands in for it. Here is the whole process, start to finish:
Send us the deposit amount
Apply online with your UniSource account number, the deposit amount UNS Electric or UNS Gas required, the effective date, and your business or household details. That is the whole form.
A surety specialist quotes it
A specialist reviews the file and returns your premium. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull. No obligation until you accept the quote.
Post it with UniSource
Once you accept and pay, the executed bond is issued ready to deliver to UNS Electric or UNS Gas in place of the cash deposit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the UniSource deposit bond actually does
UniSource Energy Services is the trade name of two Arizona public service corporations regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC): UNS Electric, Inc., which serves electric customers in Mohave and Santa Cruz counties, and UNS Gas, Inc., which delivers natural gas in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo and Santa Cruz counties. Each company’s Commission-approved Rules and Regulations let it require a deposit from any present or prospective customer to guarantee payment of all bills.
Both tariffs — Sheet 903, Section 3, Establishment of Service — give you an alternative to cash: “A surety bond may be provided as security for the Company in an amount equal to the required deposit.” The bond runs to UNS Electric or UNS Gas as obligee and guarantees payment of your utility charges up to the bonded amount. If the account goes unpaid, the utility recovers against the bond instead of a cash balance it would otherwise be holding.
The deposit, and so the bond, is sized to your own usage. Residential deposits cannot exceed two times your estimated average monthly bill; non-residential deposits cannot exceed two and one-half times your maximum estimated monthly bill, based on weather-adjusted usage history where it exists. Residential deposits or other instruments of credit expire after twelve consecutive months of on-time service; non-residential deposits are reviewed after twenty-four months.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays UniSource, you repay the surety. The benefit is cash flow: the deposit stays in your business instead of sitting with the utility for a year or two.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
Post it with UniSource. Once you accept and pay, the executed bond is issued ready to deliver to UNS Electric or UNS Gas in place of the cash deposit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
One application, one specialist review.
These are the actual fields: your UniSource account number, the deposit amount the utility required, the effective date, and your contact details. A surety specialist reviews it and returns a quote, typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Keep your deposit working.
Send us the deposit amount UNS Electric or UNS Gas required, and a surety specialist quotes the bond — typically within one business day. Free until issued.