A measure of well being and community connection is the household penetration level of telephone service. The FCC maintains statistics which have measured over time the success of the universal […]
Background. In a FERC enforcement proceeding begun in March last year, Constellation Energy Services Group settled charges that it had manipulated the NYISO wholesale electricity market, agreeing to pay fines […]
As reported in today’s New York Times, New York lacks a strong independent state utility consumer advocate office. See Utility Critics Seek Advocate for Customers in New York. In […]
A request for approval of the merger of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Central Hudson) and Fortis, Inc. (Fortis) is currently under review by the New York Public Service […]
New York utility companies propose to hit New Yorkers with hundreds of millions of dollars in rate hikes to recover Superstorm Sandy-related costs, AARP and the Public Utility Law Project […]
Yesterday Central Hudson (CH) petitioned the Public Service Commission (PSC) for expedited approval of its request to recover its total $9.7 million in Tropical Storm Sandy costs from ratepayers. To […]
In its pending proceeding to review retail electric and gas markets, the New York PSC is seeking information and input from customers regarding their experience with ESCO gas and electric […]
Governor Cuomo announced appointment today of a Moreland Commission co-chaired by former New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams and Benjamin Lawsky, Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services, to […]
When electric service lost due to Hurricane Sandy is restored, there will probably be a major investigation by the Public Service Commission into pre-storm preparation, communications during the outages, the […]
These are hard times for many of Central Hudson’s customers. Many of them lose service when they fall behind in paying their bills for electric and gas utility service and […]