Month: February 2008
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PULP Urges HEAP Program Reforms
BackgroundOn February 15, 2008 PULP filed comments with the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) urging changes in the state’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). HEAP […] -
Verizon Re-Launches Automatic Enrollment for Lifeline
In recent meetings with Verizon’s regulatory and Lifeline staffs, PULP has learned that automatic enrollment for Lifeline has returned. Although the automatic enrollment initiative, which compares public assistance recipient rolls […] -
Queens Outage Update: ALJ Requires Con Edison to File Testimony on Prudence and Negligence Issues
In July 2006 a major electrical outage occurred in Queens. The outage was far broader than initially disclosed by Con Edison, and it lasted several days. The PSC commenced an […] -
Residential Submetering Update
The Public Service Commission (PSC) requires submeterers who resell electricity to apartment dwellers to agree, as a condition of permission to submeter, not to charge more than the customers would […] -
Governor Spitzer’s Budget Leaves PULP’s Survival to the Legislature
PULP BackgroundSince 1981, the Public Utility Law Project (PULP) has received state funding to support its mission of advocacy on behalf of low and fixed income utility and energy consumers. […] -
National Grid Adds "Consumer Advocates"
National Grid serves approximately 1.5 million electric customers and 540,000 natural gas customers in upstate New York. In February 2008, National Grid sent letters addressed to “Assistance Agencies Colleagues” announcing […] -
Amicus Brief Challenges FERC Refusal to Consider Better Use of Historic Cohoes Falls
Cohoes Falls is the state’s second largest waterfalls, after Niagara, but is dry much of the time due to an obsolete dam and antiquated hydro power station. The power plant […] -
Bush Proposes Elimination of Low Income Home Weatherization Program
In his proposed budget for 2009, President Bush proposes to delete all funding for the Department of Energy (DOE) Low Income Weatherization Assistance Program. DOE described the program as follows: […] -
Bush Proposes LIHEAP Cuts in 2009 Budget
President Bush Proposes LIHEAP Funding Cut in 2009 Budget On February 4, 2008 President Bush issued his budget proposals for the federal 2009 Fiscal Year which begins October 1, 1008. […]