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transfer service

to move an existing utility service from one home to another for the same customer when they move.

In plain English

This means keeping the same utility account with the same customer instead of treating it as a brand new service. The service is moved from one home to another when that customer changes address.

In context

Here, it refers to a request to move an existing utility service to a new home for the same customer.

Situation
Setting up utilities and submitting maintenance, repair, and access requests
What it communicates
requests moving an existing utility account to a new address.

Meaning limits

The term only covers moving an existing service for the same customer, not starting service as a different customer.

Examples

“Lena asked the power company to transfer service from her old flat to her new house under the same account.”

Core meaning

“A week before the move, the office received her request to transfer service to the new house.”

In context