Category: Media Coverage
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Watertown Daily Times : Utility Choices
Watertown Daily Times — New York state consumers looking for the best utility rates can shop around to buy their gas and electricity from sources other than National Grid. That […] -
As Poverty Continues its Tight Grip on New York State, Utilities Increase Interruptions of Electric and Natural Gas Service to Collect Bills (New York’s Utility Project)
Poverty in New York State The 2010 New York State Poverty Report issued March 17th by the New York State Community Action Association shows that the level of poverty is […] -
As Poverty Continues its Tight Grip on New York State, Utilities Increase Interruptions of Electric and Natural Gas Service to Collect Bills (New York’s Utility Project)
Poverty in New York State The 2010 New York State Poverty Report issued March 17th by the New York State Community Action Association shows that the level of poverty is […] -
ESCO Claims Locking in its 28% Higher Rate is “Smart” and “Practical” (New York’s Utility Project)
Residential natural gas customers in the Capital Region received a mailing from the Energy Service Company (ESCO) Vectren Source in recent days urging them to switch their service from Niagara […] -
Utilities Ask PSC to Keep Data on ESCOs Secret (New York’s Utility Project)
The PSC issued orders in 1999 and 2000 requiring distribution utilities to report data including the number of customers taking service from each ESCO and the number of customers leaving […] -
Value of ESCO Service Questioned (New York’s Utility Project)
A news story today suggests that energy cost savings may be available from ESCOs. See Con Edison Solutions offering O&R customers lower rates, Middletown Record, Sept. 22, 2009. A closer […] -
ESCOs Cost More — A Familiar Experience (New York’s Utility Project, March 16, 2009)
We have previously commented on the lack of transparency in the retail energy markets spawned by the PSC effort to deregulate the sale of natural gas and electricity. See PSC […] -
PULP Files Comments on Regulation ESCOs (New York’s Utility Network)
Background Beginning in 1996, the PSC began to “unbundle” residential natural gas and electric service in order to deregulate the so-called “commodity” portion of service. In the PSC’s “vision” the […]