Month: April 2014
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Longer Life Projected for 315 Area Code Before New Code Is Needed
The most recent NANPA estimate of the number exhaustion date for the 315 Area Code, which covers Syracuse, Utica, and many other central and northern New York locations,has been extended […] -
Report for Connecticut Questions Utility Shutoff Policy to Collect Bills for Home Efficiency Improvements
In 2010 New York pioneered an “on bill” energy efficiency improvement financing program called the Green jobs, Green NY program. It is carefully tailored to enable homeowners to finance proven, […] -
NY Budget Adopted without Reform of State Utility Consumer Advocate Function
For awhile it appeared that the glaring weakness of New York’s state utility consumer advocacy function would begin to be addressed. The Governor’s Moreland Commission signaled the need for reform, in […] -
After the Spikes
The recent price spikes in electricity and natural gas service are hitting many New York households hard, exacerbating an already difficult situation for customers who owed hundreds of millions of dollars […]