Month: March 2009
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PULP Launches Lifeline Discount Telephone Service Comparison Chart
A chart which compares the major providers of Lifeline discount telephone service in New York is now available on the PULP website. The chart includes data we have assembled from […] -
PSC Asked to Rehear Decision Retroactively Approving Four Years of Submetering without an Order Waiving the Prohibition against Resale of Electricity
We previously wrote about a case where a landlord sold electricity to its tenants for several years without seeking a PSC order waiving the general prohibition of residential submetering contained […] -
Wellinghoff Designated Chairman of FERC by President Obama
On March 19, President Obama announced the designation of Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff to be Chairman of FERC. For a brief period, since January, Commissioner Wellinghoff was Acting Chairman. President Obama […] -
Under HEFPA, the New York PSC Must Decide Complaints of Submetered Customers
After its 1979 order expanding the scope of submetering from cooperatives and condominiums to rental housing, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) over the years approved a variety of […] -
TracFone Launches “Safelink” Wireless Lifeline Service in New York
Recently, TracFone Wireless, the largest pre-paid cellular service provider in the country, unveiled its Safelink Lifeline service in New York. The SafeLink service provides a 68 minute calling plan on […] -
PULP Submits More Evidence to PSC Showing that a New Area Code in 315 Region is Unnecessary
Following up on a Recommended Decision issued by Judge Howard Jack on November 26th recommending an additional overlay area code for the 315 region of upstate New York, PULP submitted […] -
PULP Urges PSC to Require Submetering Landlords to Accept HEAP and Utility Assistance
The PSC is considering whether to relax its submetering regulations and “streamline” its procedures for allowing landlords to provide electric service to their tenants. Under current rules and tariffs, resale […] -
Governor’s Proposed 2% PSC “Assessment” on Utility Bills Favors Some Energy and Telecom Service Providers
Back in December, PULP reported on Governor David Paterson’s budget proposal to increase the Public Service Law section 18-a assessments on utilities from one-third of one percent of intrastate revenues […] -
ESCOs Cost More — A Familiar Experience (New York’s Utility Project, March 16, 2009)
We have previously commented on the lack of transparency in the retail energy markets spawned by the PSC effort to deregulate the sale of natural gas and electricity. See PSC […]