Month: July 2009
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FCC’S Inspector General Withdraws Finding That All Low Income USF Payments Were Erroneous
The Universal Service Administrative Company (“USAC”) collects Universal Service Fund (USF) revenues from surcharges on customers’ phone bills. It then redistributes that money to local phone companies based on their […] -
After Submeterer Can’t Evict for Unpaid Electric Bills, Bay City Metering Asks PSC to Revise Order to Allow Service Termination
An interesting petition was recently filed with the PSC by a submetering company, Bay City Metering, apparently as an agent of a landlord, 430 Realty Company LLC, seeking to modify […] -
PSC Secretary Finds No Evidence of Delay in Handling Hazel Towers Tenant Complaints Regarding Submetering
We have previously chronicled the unresolved tenant complaints to the PSC Office of Consumer Services (OCS) regarding submetering of electricity at Hazel Towers in PSC Case Nos. 09-00841 and 00-E-1269. […] -
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Says FCC has been “Beholden” to the Telecom Industry it is Charged to Regulate
The normalcy of the Senate confirmation process was jolted recently when the Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, Jay Rockefeller made some bold statements to open his Committee’s hearing on […] -
Parker Towers Tenants Still Waiting for PSC Action on Petition to Halt Submetering
Background – The Tenants’ April 20, 2009 Petition to the PSCOn April 20, 2009, the Parker Towers Tenants Association (PTTA) filed a Petition with the PSC seeking investigation of submetering […] -
Bronx Riverview Tenants Ask PSC to Halt Submetering
Tenants at 1600 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, known as Riverview, a 25-story building containing 383 apartment owned by Starrett Corporation, have asked the PSC to halt submetering. According to […] -
Town House West Tenants Ask PSC to Halt Submetering
Tenants at Town House West, a former Mitchell-Lama project in Manhattan, petitioned the New York Public Service Commission on July 15, 2009 to vacate or modify its prior order allowing […] -
Out of the Loop: FERC Finds No Gaming, No Manipulation, and No Remedy in Lake Erie Loop Flow Case
FERC issued an order on July 16, 2009 denying any significant relief that would affect consumers in the Lake Erie “loop flow” case. Last year, emergency action was belatedly taken […] -
Powerless: Low-Income Households Facing Termination of Service with No Remedies
With New York’s low-income home energy assistance program closed since mid-May, service to low-income natural gas and electric customers is being terminated for arrears they cannot afford to pay. The […]