Category: Updates
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Verizon Service Quality Continues to Lag; Company Proposes Solution
According to the latest report from the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) , Verizon’s service quality remained poor during the fourth quarter of 2009 . While its customer […] -
FCC Releases Less-than-Useful Broadband Deployment Data
This month, the FCC its “High-Speed Services for Internet Access Status Report” for the period ending December 31, 2008. Not only does this document report on data which is over […] -
Oceangate Submetering on Hold Pending PSC Review of Tenant Petition for Stay and Impact Assessment
When submetering is proposed by owners, it is common that tenants are misinformed and misled to believe that submetering will be offset by rent reductions and will only affect adversely […] -
Town House West Tenants Seek PSC Ruling to Clarify Tax Issues in Setting Rates for Submetered Electric Service
The Town House West Tenants Association today filed a Petition for a Declaratory Ruling with the New York Public Service Commission to decide the proper treatment of taxes in their […] -
Nebraska Supreme Court: State Can Assess 911 Fee on TracFone Wireless Services
On February 12th, the Nebraska Supreme Court issued an opinion which upheld the state’s right to require TracFone to pay its 911 assessment on its wireless services. Nebraska had created […] -
Water Shutoff Issues Boil Over in Syracuse
According to the February 18, 2010 Post-Standard, City of Syracuse officials have a policy that after an owner whose house in in foreclosure stops paying water bills, the City “won’t […] -
PULP Expresses Concerns with State HEAP Program, Proposes Improvements,Transparency and Public Scrutiny of Utility Vendor Agreements
The HEAP program uses federal dollars to address home energy needs of low-income households, with states allowed to design program details after involving the public in the program design. In […] -
Syracuse Tenants Protest City Water Shutoff Policies
Syracuse United Neighbors Announces Protest of City Water Shutoff Practices For more information: Phil Prehn–community organizer 315-476-7475 phil@sunaction.org SUN Press Event Regarding City’s Water Shut Off Of Innocent Tenant Due […] -
Who Will Benefit from Federal Subsidy of Nuclear Power Renaissance?
Steve Peace, a former California State Senator and impresario of the Killer Tomato cult movies, called father of the California electricity industry restructuring urged by Enron, (and who later denied […]