FERC issued an order on July 16, 2009 denying any significant relief that would affect consumers in the Lake Erie “loop flow” case. Last year, emergency action was belatedly taken […]
With New York’s low-income home energy assistance program closed since mid-May, service to low-income natural gas and electric customers is being terminated for arrears they cannot afford to pay. The […]
A new report highlights the problem of overcompensation of electricity producers when a “cap and trade” greenhouse gas allowance program is overlaid on a restructured electricity market which pays all […]
A recent report draws attention to the cost impact of renewables mandates on low income electricity customers. Barbara R. Alexander, et al., Renewable Energy Mandates: An Analysis of Promises Made […]
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) recently launched a new website that enables one to check internet connection speed and compare it with average speeds in New York and with […]
With an announcement by Vice President Joe Biden on July 1st, the process to spend four billion dollars to work toward universal broadband access has begun. There is now a […]
Resale of electricity to residential tenants is generally prohibited unless specifically allowed by an order of the PSC. PSC-approved and NYSERDA-subsidized submetering projects, which enable landlords to bill tenants separately […]
BackgroundIn a November 25, 2008 letter to Urban America, the owner of the 1,003 unit Eastwood apartment complex located on Roosevelt Island at 510-580 Main Street, Roosevelt, New York (Eastwood), […]
Following his confirmation by the Senate, newly minted FCC Chair Julius Genachowski addressed the staff at the FCC on June 30th and in the process told the world how his […]
When an owner of a master metered building obtains an order from the PSC waiving the general prohibition of retail resale of electricity, tenants in rent stabilized housing are entitled […]