In a Friday, November 6, 2009 filing with the PSC, Con Edison quietly filed new tariffs, testimony, and exhibits in support of a natural gas rate increase designed to yield […]
Consumer groups have issued a joint statement asking Congress and FERC to investigate utility rates set in wholesale markets that are causing hardship to consumers. Their letter states High electric […]
After the tragic 2004 death of Jodie S. Lane due to stray voltage in the street from Con Edison’s system, the New York PSC began to require systematic checking by […]
We have previously discussed the efforts of tenants to stop landlord submetering of electricity at Riverview II, a Yonkers housing development. See Yonkers Tenants Ask PSC to Halt Submetering at […]
According to the Poughkeepsie Journal, the President of CH Energy Group, the holding company that owns Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, has acknowledged the failure of deregulation to bring […]
On October 29, 2009, the FCC issued an order approving Virgin Mobile USA’s compliance plan , which was submitted as a condition of its designation as a “Lifeline-only” eligible telecommunications […]
We previously reported on the saga of the Hazel Towers Tenants Association complaints to the PSC regarding submetered electric service. See, e.g., Hazel Towers Tenants to Receive $20,000 Credits of […]
When you sign up for wireless telephone service and receive a “free” cell phone in exchange for a two-year contract, if you’d like to challenge the carrier’s ability to collect […]
In a wide ranging overhaul of laws affecting electric utilities and their duties in a “restructured” system that allowed utilities to form holding companies, sell off power plants, and rely […]
BackgroundThe latest utility fad is large capital investments for massive deployment of so-called “smart meters” in residential homes. The “smart meter” hype is coming from utilities, marketeers, and some greens, […]