Husband of 23 years walked out on his family. Nobo...

Husband of 23 years walked out on his family. Nobody knows where he is. Electric bill was in his name . He had stopped paying the bills months before leaving . Nobody knew until the new bill came in the mail. He had been hiding them. Called Illuminating company to switch Electric out of his name and into mine so our family can survive the coming winter. . THEY REFUSED to switch service saying that husband was part owner of the house and his bill needed to be paid off before it can switch to anyone else. Leaving us with a shut off notice for 3 days from now . He had ruined the payment plan option so now we are stuck . Illuminating company REFUSES TO HELP.