BackgroundAs we previously reported, the RGGI “cap and trade” program run by New York State agencies without enabling legislation was challenged in court by a power generator with a fixed […]
In the movie “Utilities,” a Canadian comedy, the utility’s mainframe computer is rejiggered to generate refunds instead of bills by a social worker enraged by the utility’s harsh treatment of […]
Historically, Public Service Answering Points (“PSAPs”), the dispatch centers which receive emergency telephone calls when 9-1-1 is dialed, have been supported by the local landline telephone companies through a surcharge […]
Yesterday the AP reported that three persons died in Detroit Michigan in a fire in a home where utility service had been shut off. See 3 die in fire at […]
BackgroundA decade or so ago, Enron and others urged state regulators and legislators to deregulate wholesale and retail electricity markets, claiming it would reduce rates. See Disconnected Policymakers. Pennsylvania, New […]
AARP has called for reform of the NYISO, the wholesale electric utility that operates the New York grid and ‘organized” electricity spot markets. AARP Calls for Accountability, Oversight and Transparency […]
Tenants at Tiffany Mews in Brooklyn filed a petition with the PSC asking the Commission to halt submetering. Tiffany Mews Tenants Ask PSC to Halt Submetering with No Proper Order […]
This week, the FCC released the latest of its three-times-a-year Telephone Subscribership in the United States report. It contains data from July 2009 and shows that the percentage of households […]
Deep within the New York State Public Service Commission’s (“PSC”) regulations regarding telephone consumer protections is language which is required to be included in all final suspension and termination notices. […]
On December 10th, the federal Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a stinging analysis of the FCC’s inability to resolve consumer complaints about wireless service. Compounding matters was the realization that […]