Author: NYUP
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New York’s Utility Termination Storm – “The Quiet Blackout” (PULP/AARP)
Public Utility Law Project partners with AARP to release New York’s Utility Termination Storm – “The Quiet Blackout” (access here). -
Good News – Tenant wins Water Service Case; Bad News – Governors Kill PULP
Good NewsUnited States District Judge David N. Hurd of the Northern District of New York issued a decision on August 5, 2010 vindicating the due process and equal protection rights […] -
City of Auburn Violated Tenant’s Constitutional Rights in Denial and Termination of Water Service
Today U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd issued a decision and order granting the motion of an Auburn tenant for partial summary judgment declaring that her constitutional rights were violated […] -
PULP Closure Imminent as Legislature Adjourns Without Appropriating Funds for PULP
Exactly three months into the state fiscal year that began April 1, the official deadline for the state budget, the New York State Assembly and Senate both adjourned on July […] -
National Grid Proposes Applying Additional $ to its Low Income Program for its New York City Natural Gas Customers
In its most recent rate case, National Grid agreed to expand its low income rates for its gas customers in Brooklyn served by KEDNY. Residential non-heating customers now receive a […] -
100 Million Americans Are on the Wrong Side of the Digital Divide
Only 65% of Americans have broadband at home, even though it’s available to 95%. The estimated 100 million Americans who lack broadband at home say they cannot afford it, they […] -
Assembly Resists Proposal to Shift Hydropower Benefits from Residential Customers
The New York State Assembly is resisting a push, in the last days of the legislative session, to approve a landmark change in the Public Authorities Law that for generations […] -
Maryland PSC Rejects Utility’s $835 Million "Smart Meter" Plan
The Maryland Public Service Commission yesterday rejected a request of Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) to replace, at utility customer expense, all of its gas and electric meters with new […] -
Rent Stabilized Tenants Oppose Coop Plan to Replace Con Edison with Submetered Electric Service
On March 4, 2010, Bay City Metering Company, Inc., an unregulated provider of utility services to owners selling submetered electric service to tenants, filed an application with the New York […]