Theft of Utilities

(a)A person is guilty of theft if he knowingly tampers with, alters or by-passes meters for the purpose of obtaining electrical power, gas or water without paying compensation to the entity providing such services. A person commits theft if he knowingly diverts telephone service, electrical power, gas or water to his own COL9/7/2021 CH. 43 THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES benefit or to the benefit of another not entitled thereto with the intent to avoid payment to the entity providing such service.

(b)Unauthorized Electrical Connections; Bypass or Obstruction of Meter. Every user, contractor or business who shall unlawfully and knowingly injure, alter, or procure to be injured, make or cause to be made any connection in any manner whatsoever with any electric wire or electric appliance of any character whatsoever operated by any user, users, corporations or government entities authorized to generate, transmit and sell electric current, or who shall so willfully and knowingly with intent to injure or defraud, use or cause to be used any such connection in such manner as to supply any electric current for heat or light or power to any electric lamp, apparatus or device, by, or at which electric current is consumed or otherwise used or wasted, without passing through a meter for the measuring and registering of the quantity passing through such electric wire or apparatus, or who shall, knowingly or with like intent injure, alter or procure to be injured or altered any electric meter, or obstruct its working, or procure the same to be tampered with or injured, or use or cause to be used any electric meter, or appliance so tampered with or injured, shall be deemed guilty of a theft constituting a felony in the third degree, and shall be subject to any and all fines, penalties and terms of imprisonment applicable by law, as well as any and all fines payable to the Guam Power Authority.