Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Cunha (In Re Cunha)

MEMORANDUM ORDER

HAL J. BONNEY, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

This is a case of first impression under the Bankruptcy Code.

It arises pursuant to the provisions of 11 U.S.C. § 366. Utility service.

The Virginia Electric and Power Company [Vepco] filed an application for a cash deposit of “not less than $280.00” as adequate insurance of payment for electric service to be provided the debtor, Dennis Allan Cunha, in the post-bankruptcy period.

The debtor and his wife occupy the apartment at 406 Village Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia, where they became customers of Vepco on April 2, 1979. The standard…