Month: May 2014
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Telephone Subscribership of New York Households Declines Again in 2013 — New York Now 48th of 50 States
The FCC’s 2013 Universal Service Monitoring Report with data through October 2013 again shows New York slipping in terms of the percentage of households with telephone service. The National average household […] -
DC Circuit: FERC’s “Demand Response” Scheme to Pay Retail Customers Not to Use Electricity Illegally Exceeds its Powers to Set Wholesale Electric Rates
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a May 23, 2014 opinion in EPSA v FERC spiking FERC Order 745, the “demand response” element of FERC’s extra-statutory effort to […] -
Illinois CUB Report Shows Potential Pitfalls in Switching to Alternative Electricity Suppliers
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board has issued a report on the state of third party electricity and gas suppliers, Illinois Electric Market Report, May 13, 2014. “CUB experts who field calls […] -
CAPUC Report: Rooftop Solar “Net Metering” Program Benefits Higher Income Customers and is Shifting Additional Costs to Lower Income Customers
A report issued by the California Public Utilities Commission (CAPUC), “California Net Energy Metering (NEM) Draft Cost Effectiveness Evaluation, indicates that NEM rates for solar rooftop generation mainly benefit higher income customer […] -
Owner of Biomass Plant Asks PSC to Displace National Grid and Declare Its Distributed Generation Sales to Fort Drum Would be Deregulated
A very interesting petition for declaratory relief was just filed today with the New York PSC, involving “behind the meter” distributed generation sales from a 60 MW biomass plant owned […] -
PJM and FERC Stick Con Ed Customers with $120 Million Added Annual Costs of PSEG Transmission Upgrade Mainly Benefiting New Jersey
Under FERC approved tariffs, PJM, the transmission grid utility, allocates costs of transmission upgrades. Ostensibly the costs are to be allocated to beneficiaries. Con Edison has a complex agreement for […] -
Utility Project Urges PSC Reforms to Reduce Harm to Utility Customers from Price Spikes
At a May 15, 2014 New York PSC Technical Conference on Winter Energy Pricing and Supply, the Utility Project pointed out that regulators have adopted rate setting mechanisms that rely […] -
New Report Raises Questions About Verizon Phone and Internet Services: “It’s All Interconnected”
A New York Utility Project report raises questions regarding the regulatory oversight of Verizon New York, the largest telephone company in New York State, and its affiliates. The report was triggered […] -
List of New NY PSC Requirements for ESCOs which Are Not Stayed Pending a Decision on Rehearing Motions
On February 25, 2014, the New York Public Service Commission issued its Order Taking Actions to Improve the Residential and Small Nonresidential Retail Access Markets. The purpose of this Order […]