Month: December 2009
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Tiffany Mews Tenants Respond to Landlord’s Defense of Submetering
Tenants at Tiffany Mews in Brooklyn filed a petition with the PSC asking the Commission to halt submetering. Tiffany Mews Tenants Ask PSC to Halt Submetering with No Proper Order […] -
New FCC Telephone Subscribership Statistics Reveal Shortcomings in New York
This week, the FCC released the latest of its three-times-a-year Telephone Subscribership in the United States report. It contains data from July 2009 and shows that the percentage of households […] -
PSC Modifies Final Disconnect Notice Requirements for Verizon’s Customers
Deep within the New York State Public Service Commission’s (“PSC”) regulations regarding telephone consumer protections is language which is required to be included in all final suspension and termination notices. […] -
GAO Report: Nowhere to Turn — FCC Not Protecting Wireless Consumers, While New York PSC Abstains
On December 10th, the federal Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a stinging analysis of the FCC’s inability to resolve consumer complaints about wireless service. Compounding matters was the realization that […] -
New York City Approves Plan for More Submetering
The New York City Council adopted a new law that adds to the landlord impetus to shift rising electricity bills to tenants through submetering. The new law encompasses large commercial […] -
ESCOs Propose "Education" of Central Hudson Customers with $500,000 Postcards Touting Utility Choice
Energy services companies (“ESCOs”) are asking Central Hudson to spend approximately $500,000 to bombard its more than 250,000 residential customers with three large postcards exhorting them to choose ESCO service. […] -
California Senate Leader Blocks Reconfirmation of Pro Deregulation Utility Commissioner Supported by Verizon and AT&T
The leader of the California State Senate is blocking the reconfirmation of a sitting California Public Utility Commission member, Rachelle Chong: Chong, who has been severely criticized by consumer groups, […] -
Iberdrola USA Names Former NYISO CEO to be President of NYSEG/RG&E
Over the past decade, NYSEG and RG&E stood out among New York’s investor owned utilities by resisting electric industry restructuring dogma in vogue at the PSC, such as divestiture of […] -
Auburn Tenant Seeks Judgment that Water Termination was Unconstitutional
PULP has filed a brief in support of a motion for partial summary judgment contending that the shutoff and denial of water service by the City of Auburn violated constitutional […]