Category: Updates
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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 […] -
Con Edison Now Providing Same Day Reconnection of Service to Electric Customers Shut Off for Bill Collection Purposes
Under the Home Energy Fair Practices Act (HEFPA), Article 2 of the New York Public Service Law, customers who have been shut off for nonpayment of bills are entitled to […] -
Was Hedge Fund Shutdown of MA Power Plant Part of a Withholding Strategy to Drive Up NE-ISO Capacity Market Prices?
Public Citizen is questioning whether the New England Independent System Operator’s (NE-ISO) capacity market auction was manipulated by a hedge fund, Energy Capital Partners. The hedge fund, which has other […] -
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, […]