A very interesting petition for declaratory relief was just filed today with the New York PSC, involving “behind the meter” distributed generation sales from a 60 MW biomass plant owned […]
Under FERC approved tariffs, PJM, the transmission grid utility, allocates costs of transmission upgrades. Ostensibly the costs are to be allocated to beneficiaries. Con Edison has a complex agreement for […]
At a May 15, 2014 New York PSC Technical Conference on Winter Energy Pricing and Supply, the Utility Project pointed out that regulators have adopted rate setting mechanisms that rely […]
A New York Utility Project report raises questions regarding the regulatory oversight of Verizon New York, the largest telephone company in New York State, and its affiliates. The report was triggered […]
On February 25, 2014, the New York Public Service Commission issued its Order Taking Actions to Improve the Residential and Small Nonresidential Retail Access Markets. The purpose of this Order […]
Under the Home Energy Fair Practices Act (HEFPA), Article 2 of the New York Public Service Law, customers who have been shut off for nonpayment of bills are entitled to […]
Public Citizen is questioning whether the New England Independent System Operator’s (NE-ISO) capacity market auction was manipulated by a hedge fund, Energy Capital Partners. The hedge fund, which has other […]
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 […]