The New York City Council adopted a new law that adds to the landlord impetus to shift rising electricity bills to tenants through submetering. The new law encompasses large commercial […]
Energy services companies (“ESCOs”) are asking Central Hudson to spend approximately $500,000 to bombard its more than 250,000 residential customers with three large postcards exhorting them to choose ESCO service. […]
The leader of the California State Senate is blocking the reconfirmation of a sitting California Public Utility Commission member, Rachelle Chong: Chong, who has been severely criticized by consumer groups, […]
Over the past decade, NYSEG and RG&E stood out among New York’s investor owned utilities by resisting electric industry restructuring dogma in vogue at the PSC, such as divestiture of […]
PULP has filed a brief in support of a motion for partial summary judgment contending that the shutoff and denial of water service by the City of Auburn violated constitutional […]
The editorial board of the Syracuse Post Standard has called for an end to the secrecy regarding Niagara Mohawk dba National Grid’s proposals for deployment of “smart meters.” Public Deserves […]
Today’s Albany Times Union sheds some light on the high cost of operating the NYISO. See James Odato, Pay, Perks Hit at Power Grid Operator — NYISO Policies “Bleeding the […]
No, you didn’t read it in The Onion. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) posted a notice saying all its national and regional offices were yesterday, the day after Thanksgiving, […]
The PSC issued orders in 1999 and 2000 requiring distribution utilities to report data including the number of customers taking service from each ESCO and the number of customers leaving […]
The New York PSC invited New York investor owned electric utilities to submit “smart meter/smart grid” proposals in 2006. They submitted proposals that would have cost billions of dollars to […]