Month: March 2014
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Budget Bill Would Give PSC Authority to Waive Telephone Regulation and Allow Major Increases in Basic Phone Service and Mergers Without Hearings
Under this year’s Executive Budget proposal, the Public Service Commission seeks the power to forbear from enforcing a list of statutes applicable to telephone service regulation. The rationale proffered in […] -
FERC Urged Not to Go Overboard on Wholesale Electricity Capacity Markets – New York Needs Independent State Consumer Advocate
Consumer and other groups filed a request with FERC last month, asking the agency not to expand the role of wholesale spot markets for electricity capacity. For reliability purposes, retail […]