May 5, 2021 / 09:19 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Utilities went four months without cutting off service to a single customer during the coronavirus pandemic. When a government-mandated moratorium ended, service disconnections skyrocketed and, in some cases, more than doubled compared to same time a year earlier. When utility companies started to cut off service, many of had already came to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission asking for rate increases. According to numbers obtained by News 8 from the state government, AES Indiana, the former Indianapolis Power & Light Co., cut off service to 2,000 customers as the moratorium ended. Duke Energy, which serves much of central Indiana surrounding Indianapolis, waited a few weeks but then cut off 3,700 customers.