Category: Updates
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FCC Orders Review of Lifeline Programs; NY May Need to Improve
In an Order released on May 4th, 2010 the FCC directed the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service to review the federal eligibility, verification, and outreach rules for the Lifeline […] -
Citing Delays, PULP Asks for Review of PSC Complaint Handling Process
PULP has asked for a review of the PSC process for deciding utility customer complaints, citing delays in some cases of more than a decade. The PSC consumer complaint process […] -
AARP Urges State Senate to Save PULP
Governor Paterson omitted PULP from his budget proposal, again making it essential for the state legislature to add appropriations that would ensure PULP’s survival. See State Budget Impasse Threatens PULP’s […] -
PSC Tells FCC to Require VoIP Providers to Pay to Access Local Networks
In brief comments submitted to the FCC on April 2, 2010, the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) stated its opposition to positions taken by Global NAPS defending its […] -
Legislative Allocation of the $187 Million RGGI Revenue from Sale of Greenhouse Gas Allowances
In light of the Governor’s failure to make any provision for PULP in his proposed budget, and in light of the current tight budgetary situation facing New York State due […] -
Budget “Extenders” Won’t Solve Non-Profits’ Problems Due to Late State Budget
According to today’s Albany Times Union, in the absence of any budget for the 2010 – 2011 New York State fiscal year that began more than two weeks ago, Governor […] -
State Budget Impasse Threatens PULP’s Future
Each year since 1981, the New York Legislature has appropriated funds to support the Public Utility Law Project of New York (PULP). Although small foundation grants and charitable donations occasionally […] -
Warm Winter and Lower Prices Ease Heating Bills for Gas and Electric Customers, while Oil and Propane Users Suffer from Higher Prices
The recent warm spell and snow melt got us thinking about how the winter stacked up in comparison to normal heating seasons. NYSERDA’ s Heating Fuels Report for March 29, […] -
Passion for Electricity Submetering in Subsidized Housing Cools in Toronto
Diminishing Emphasis on SubmeteringToronto, Ontario has approximately 1,000 concrete slab apartment towers built from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. This concentration of brutalist structures is second only to […]