Category: Updates
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New York electricity customers in many areas of the state have received soaring electric bills in the last two months. The basic reason given is that the NYISO spot market […] -
PSC Launches New Phase of ESCO Policy Development, Shifting from Resale of Electricity and Gas to “Value-Added” Services
Data obtained in 2012 by the Utility Project in discovery from Niagara Mohawk, which is the most comprehensive data sample publicly available, indicates that over the two year period ending […] -
Budget Bill Would Give PSC Authority to Waive Telephone Regulation and Allow Major Increases in Basic Phone Service and Mergers Without Hearings
Under this year’s Executive Budget proposal, the Public Service Commission seeks the power to forbear from enforcing a list of statutes applicable to telephone service regulation. The rationale proffered in […] -
FERC Urged Not to Go Overboard on Wholesale Electricity Capacity Markets – New York Needs Independent State Consumer Advocate
Consumer and other groups filed a request with FERC last month, asking the agency not to expand the role of wholesale spot markets for electricity capacity. For reliability purposes, retail […] -
PSC Approves Con Edison Rate Deal
On February 20, 2014, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a non unanimous Joint Proposal for resolution of the simultaneous gas, electric, and steam rate cases filed by […] -
PSC Issues Order Modifying ESCO Regulatory Regime to Address Lack of Small Customer Benefit and Abuses
It is said that “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” At the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) the arc may be at least […] -
Proposed Budget Bill Would Erode State Utility Policy Against Shared Meters
The Governor’s Executive Budget contains a proposal, ostensibly to reduce costs at the PSC, that will reduce charges to landlords who illegally wire or pipe their buildings so that tenants […] -
Draft NY Plan Calls for Energy Affordability for Low-Income Customers, Comments Invited, Public Hearings Scheduled
New York’s Draft Energy Plan, issued January 7, 2014 by the New York State Energy Planning Board, calls for improved energy affordability for New York’s energy consumers, who pay some […] -
Catching Up Is Hard To Do – New York’s Utility Customers and the Great Recession
Utility collection activity reports show that many New York consumers have fallen behind in making payments for essential utility electric and gas services. As a consequence, they face added late […]