Month: June 2010
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100 Million Americans Are on the Wrong Side of the Digital Divide
Only 65% of Americans have broadband at home, even though it’s available to 95%. The estimated 100 million Americans who lack broadband at home say they cannot afford it, they […] -
Assembly Resists Proposal to Shift Hydropower Benefits from Residential Customers
The New York State Assembly is resisting a push, in the last days of the legislative session, to approve a landmark change in the Public Authorities Law that for generations […] -
Maryland PSC Rejects Utility’s $835 Million "Smart Meter" Plan
The Maryland Public Service Commission yesterday rejected a request of Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) to replace, at utility customer expense, all of its gas and electric meters with new […] -
Rent Stabilized Tenants Oppose Coop Plan to Replace Con Edison with Submetered Electric Service
On March 4, 2010, Bay City Metering Company, Inc., an unregulated provider of utility services to owners selling submetered electric service to tenants, filed an application with the New York […] -
TracFone Lifeline Phones Sold on Craigslist
NASUCA, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, of which PULP is a member, distributed a consumer alert on June 16th to inform customers that some TracFone SafeLink Lifeline […] -
DOJ Asks Court to Approve Proposed Settlement of KeySpan Antitrust Case Despite Consumer, Utility, and Government Opposition
Despite broad consumer, utility, and government opposition, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division filed papers in the Southern District of New York federal court last week in […] -
AARP, Consumers Union, and PULP Oppose Reallocation of Cheap Niagara Hydropower from Residential Customers
AARP, Consumers Union, and PULP have joined in a statement opposing legislative reallocation of the portion of low cost hydropower now targeted by law for the benefit of residential and […] -
PULP’s Funding and Future Still in Jeopardy
With the legislative session nearing an end, and the expected adoption of a budget for the 2010-11 state fiscal year, which began April 1, 2010, essential funding necessary for PULP’s […] -
Oceangate Tenants Reply to Owner’s Defense of Submetering
We have previously discussed the halt of electricity submetering at the Oceangate apartment complex in Coney Island. See Oceangate Submetering on Hold Pending PSC Review of Tenant Petition for Stay […]