Author: NYUP
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PSC Directs Con Edison to Respond to Petition for Investigation of Service Impairment Due to Company’s Lockout of Unionized Workers
On July 12, 2012, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) directed Con Edison to respond by July 17, 2012 to a Motion for Initiation of Expedited Investigation and Interim Relief […] -
FERC Urged to Use Portion of Funds Disgorged by Alleged Wholesale Electricity Market Manipulator to Bolster Utility Consumer Advocacy
Utility consumer advocates from the PJM RTO region are asking FERC to allocate $1.2 of the $6 million for electric consumers in the PJM region to enhance policing of the wholesale markets. See MOTION OF INDICATED […] -
FERC ALJ Decides Motions of Parties Seeking Role in Proposing to FERC Uses of Disgorged $78 Million NYISO Market Gaming Profits, Clarifies Process.
On July 11, 2012, a FERC ALJ decided motions regarding “eligiblity” of parties to recommend how FERC will allocate disgorged profits from alleged gaming of NYISO electricity markets. The fund is for […] -
Con Edison Locks Out Employees Who Are Union Members
On July 1 Con Edison locked out approximately 8,000 of its employees who are union members in a dispute over concessions sought by the company. According to Crain’s, “[m]any of the […] -
Supreme Court Denies Review of Consumer Groups’ Challenge to FERC’s "Market-Based Rates" Scheme, Leaving Issue Unresolved
Over the past decade or so, in a series of orders, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) began to allow producers and traders of wholesale electric service to sell at […] -
Greg Sayre Confirmed as New PSC Commissioner
In the busy last week of the regular legislative session, Greg Sayre was quietly nominated by the Governor and on June 21, 2012 confirmed by the State Senate to be a […] -
New York Formulating Plans to Use $78 Million Disgorged by Energy Trader for the Benefit of Electricity Consumers
On March, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced a $245 million settlement of its enforcement staff’s investigation of Constellation Energy Commodities Group, (CECG), for alleged manipulation of wholesale […] -
PULP Intervenes in the Central Hudson/Fortis Merger Case
Fortis, a Canadian holding company, has petitioned the Public Service Commission for approval to purchase Central Hudson Gas & Electric Company. PULP intervened this week as a party in […] -
Public Utility Law Project to Restart Soon
PULP wound down nearly all its operations in 2010, due to a halt, after 28 years, in state funding. In the state budget for 2012-13, the legislature resumed funding for PULP. Phoenix-like, […]