FERC Administrative Law Judge Carmen Cintron issued a decision January 22, 2010 finding that Amaranth gas trader Brian Hunter manipulated the settlement prices in the NYMEX natural gas futures markets […]
Background – The ESCO LoopholeIn general, state and local sales taxes apply to electric and natural gas service. The state Tax Law provides that residential energy sources and services exempt […]
Yet another wireless provider has launched a Lifeline reduced price phone service for low-income customers in New York. Virgin Mobile, which received its authorization to offer Lifeline in New York […]
Yesterday the Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that had allowed states and consumers to challenge a deal establishing new […]
According to a posting in DSL Reports, Verizon will be raising the early termination fee (“ETF”) for its FiOS television and broadband Internet service to $360 on January 17th. This […]
Effective earlier this month, the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) created the Office of Consumer Policy and named Douglas Elfner to be its Acting Director. According to the […]
In October 2008 a tenant user of municipal water utility service provided by the City of Auburn, N.Y. commenced a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging constitutionality of the City’s […]
NYSERDA is proposing to revise its plans for spending $301.6 million of the projected $446.4 million proceeds from the sale of greenhouse gas allowances the RGGI program through the period […]
In a report released by the FCC at the end of December 2009 entitled “Quality of Service of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers,” Verizon ranked poorly across all of its territories. […]
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 , the federal government allocated $7.2 billion to the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA“), and […]