According to the February 18, 2010 Post-Standard, City of Syracuse officials have a policy that after an owner whose house in in foreclosure stops paying water bills, the City “won’t […]
The HEAP program uses federal dollars to address home energy needs of low-income households, with states allowed to design program details after involving the public in the program design. In […]
Syracuse United Neighbors Announces Protest of City Water Shutoff Practices For more information: Phil Prehn–community organizer 315-476-7475 phil@sunaction.org SUN Press Event Regarding City’s Water Shut Off Of Innocent Tenant Due […]
Steve Peace, a former California State Senator and impresario of the Killer Tomato cult movies, called father of the California electricity industry restructuring urged by Enron, (and who later denied […]
A fascinating decision from the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) released on February 4, 2010 regarding whether the PSC could direct a wireless provider, Sprint PCS, to negotiate […]
BackgroundThe saga of ineffective PSC regulation of submetered electric service provided to tenants at Hazel Towers is in its second year. The PSC did not on individual tenant complaints of […]
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 […]
The Austin, Texas publicly owned electric utility, Austin Energy, offers significantly reduced rates to low-income consumers. It has adopted a system for efficient, automatic enrollment of customers who qualify for […]
The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) has issued a notice inviting public input on development of the State Plan for New York’s Home Energy Assistance […]
On February 9, 2010, the New York PSC established a schedule for consideration of the petition of the North Bay Tenants Association to halt implementation of electricity submetering at Oceangate, […]