To a mixture of fanfare, relief, and criticism, the FCC delivered to Congress Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan on March 16th. Weighing in at 376 pages, including appendices, it […]
A 2007 research report funded by HUD, Benchmarking Utility Usage in Public Housing, concludes there is no discernible difference in energy use between public housing residents that pay for their […]
We previously discussed the problem that tenants who receive electric service from their landlords can be threatened with eviction, even if they pay the rent, when they protest charges for […]
In comments submitted to the FCC March 4th, the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) expressed its support for the California Public Utilities Commission’s (“CPUC”) request for direct, password-protected […]
On March 5, 2010, a broad coalition of groups, including PULP, filed comments with FERC urging closer assessment of the results of private wholesale markets. The functionally deregulated markets are […]
A cornerstone of the Enron-inspired electricity restructuring plans adopted in about 15 states was to require traditional vertically integrated utilities to sell their power plants to “merchant power” utilities who […]
As PULP reported on February 22, 2010, Verizon has proposed a solution to its continuing trend of poor service quality: change the standards. When Verizon is unable to access necessary […]
In November 2009, the New York State Legislature approved enabling legislation permitting municipalities to create their own programs to finance the installation of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements […]
Incomplete Information from PSCThe North Bay Tenants Association filed a petition in January 2010 with the New York Public Service Commission seeking to halt the conversion of the premises from […]
In numerous cases involving submetering, tenants learn far too late that the New York PSC approved a plan for submetering that will increase their economic burdens despite good faith efforts […]