Minnesota Power will begin sending disconnection notices next month to customers behind on their bills, citing a return to normal operations as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are lifted. Those notices will give residents 60 days to set up a payment plan with the utility company before service is disconnected in August. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission recently approved Minnesota Powerâs timeline to resume disconnections for nonpayments. The utility suspended them last April amid a wave of COVID-19 executive orders that closed a number of businesses and limited activities of residents, causing financial hardships and spiking unemployment rates across Minnesota and the U.S.