Author: NYUP
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FCC: Verizon Service Quality Worse than Other Regional Bells
In a report released by the FCC at the end of December 2009 entitled “Quality of Service of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers,” Verizon ranked poorly across all of its territories. […] -
Two New York Groups Receive Stimulus Funding for Broadband Projects; PULP Awaits the Fate of its Proposal
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 , the federal government allocated $7.2 billion to the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA“), and […] -
Court Seeks Comment on Proposal to Use Con Ed Customer Money and RGGI Funds to Settle Lawsuit Claiming RGGI "Cap and Trade" Scheme is Illegal
BackgroundAs we previously reported, the RGGI “cap and trade” program run by New York State agencies without enabling legislation was challenged in court by a power generator with a fixed […] -
Vulnerability of "Smart Meters" to Malicious Computer Hacking
In the movie “Utilities,” a Canadian comedy, the utility’s mainframe computer is rejiggered to generate refunds instead of bills by a social worker enraged by the utility’s harsh treatment of […] -
Cable VoIP Phone Providers to Start Collecting E-911 Surcharge
Historically, Public Service Answering Points (“PSAPs”), the dispatch centers which receive emergency telephone calls when 9-1-1 is dialed, have been supported by the local landline telephone companies through a surcharge […] -
Importance of Continued, Affordable Energy Underscored by Detroit Fire Deaths After Utility Shutoff
Yesterday the AP reported that three persons died in Detroit Michigan in a fire in a home where utility service had been shut off. See 3 die in fire at […] -
Senators Casey and Specter Ask FERC to Scrutinize Wholesale Electricity Prices as Pennsylvania’s Retail Price Caps Disappear
BackgroundA decade or so ago, Enron and others urged state regulators and legislators to deregulate wholesale and retail electricity markets, claiming it would reduce rates. See Disconnected Policymakers. Pennsylvania, New […] -
AARP Calls for Reform of NYISO and Its Electricity Spot Markets
AARP has called for reform of the NYISO, the wholesale electric utility that operates the New York grid and ‘organized” electricity spot markets. AARP Calls for Accountability, Oversight and Transparency […] -
Tiffany Mews Tenants Respond to Landlord’s Defense of Submetering
Tenants at Tiffany Mews in Brooklyn filed a petition with the PSC asking the Commission to halt submetering. Tiffany Mews Tenants Ask PSC to Halt Submetering with No Proper Order […]