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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
In a ruling issued March 27, 2014, the Department of Public Service Records Access Officer rejected an effort of ESCOs to block release of price comparison data provided by utilities […]
New York Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) benefits for the 2013-14 winter are no longer being issued. The Regular HEAP Program ended March 14, and the Emergency HEAP Program ended […]
Most states have a state agency devoted to representing residential customers with the resources to participate in legal and regulatory proceedings and the independence to challenge actions of the utilities […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on March 14 rejected a March 4 petition filed by a number of power marketers and generators who operate in the California market. They […]
In the 2012 National Grid (Niagara Mohawk) rate cases, the Utility Project sought discovery of any study of the utility regarding residential ESCO price comparison data, i.e., comparing what ESCO […]
The Ranking Minority Member of the New York State Senate Committee on Energy and Telecommunications, Senator Kevin S. Parker, has asked Governor Cuomo to withdraw from his Executive Budget proposal […]