Month: August 2006
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PSC Replaces NYSEG Fixed Default Service Rates with Variable Rate Option
On August 23, 2006 the PSC issued an order rejecting fixed rate default service now received and desired by the overwhelming majority of NYSEG residential electricity customers. The Commission ordered […] -
ALJs Warn of Federal Override for Proposed NYRI Transmission Line
PSC Administrative Law Judges on August 14 issued a procedural ruling warning parties objecting to the controversial proposal of New York Regional Interconnect (NYRI) to build a new transmission line: […] -
Solar Revolution or Cold Fusion?
The quest for cost effective solar electricity has until now been almost as elusive as cold fusion. Improvements in cost effectiveness seemingly are always just around the corner, but even […] -
GridSpan Goes to Washington
On April 26, 2006 representatives of National Grid and KeySpan met privately with the FERC Chairman and two FERC Commissioners in Washington, D.C. to brief them regarding the proposed acquisition […] -
CATO Institute Rethinking Electricity Restructuring
The Cato Institute, generally an advocate of less regulation and free markets, has published recent papers questioning the wisdom of electricity industry restructuring as it was done by 16 states, […] -
Court Reverses FCC Preemption of State Wireless Telephone Consumer Protection Measures
Wireless telephone consumers were dealt a severe blow when the FCC issued an order preempting states from protecting wireless telephone consumers. Although states cannot regulate the rates of wireless phone […] -
Consumer Groups Question FERC Market Rates
Restructuring Increased Reliance on Wholesale Rates Under FERC Jurisdiction After the New York PSC encouraged Con Edison to “restructure” in its 1996 “vision order“, Con Edison agreed with the PSC […] -
The Queens Blackout
Investigations of the July 2006 Queens blackout The scope of the outages and brownouts in Con Edison’s Long Island City network, which at times affected over 100,000 persons, was not […]