Category: Updates
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Hazel Towers Tenants Ask PSC Again for Stay and Outside Audit of Submetering After New Overcharges
BackgroundThe saga of ineffective PSC regulation of submetered electric service provided to tenants at Hazel Towers is in its second year. The PSC did not on individual tenant complaints of […] -
ESCO Claims Locking in its 28% Higher Rate is "Smart" and "Practical"
Residential natural gas customers in the Capital Region received a mailing from the Energy Service Company (ESCO) Vectren Source in recent days urging them to switch their service from Niagara […] -
Austin, Texas Automatically Enrolls Low-Income Customers for Reduced Utility Rates
The Austin, Texas publicly owned electric utility, Austin Energy, offers significantly reduced rates to low-income consumers. It has adopted a system for efficient, automatic enrollment of customers who qualify for […] -
Comments to OTDA on Next Year’s HEAP Plan Due February 17, 2010
The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) has issued a notice inviting public input on development of the State Plan for New York’s Home Energy Assistance […] -
PSC Sets Schedule for Consideration of Oceangate Tenants’ Petition to Halt Submetering
On February 9, 2010, the New York PSC established a schedule for consideration of the petition of the North Bay Tenants Association to halt implementation of electricity submetering at Oceangate, […] -
The Untaxed NYISO "Virtual" Market
BackgroundThe New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) is a New York utility, formed as a not for profit corporation at the request of the New York State Public Service Commission […] -
PSC Tells FCC it Wants to Share Jurisdiction over Future Network, but Does Little Now
As part of its “National Broadband Plan” proceeding, the FCC solicited comments on what the policy framework should be as we transition from a switched-based to an Internet Protocol (“IP”)-based […] -
Latest FCC Statistics Reveal Shrinking Telephone Subscribership in New York
This week, the FCC released the latest of its three-times-a-year Telephone Subscribership in the United States report. It contains data from November 2009 and shows that the percentage of households […] -
FCC Clarifies Lifeline Eligibility and Verification Rules for Wireless Providers, but Creates a Two-tier System
In a February 2, 2010 Order the FCC finally responded to petitions filed back in 2005 by various wireless providers regarding which Lifeline eligibility and verification rules apply to them […]