Category: Updates
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Did Electricity Market Manipulation Cost New York Consumers $157 Million in the Summer of 2006?
The NYISO Capacity Market Price CapIn papers filed in early 2007 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Con Edison asserted that manipulation of a wholesale electricity market cost New […] -
Connecticut General Assembly Holds Forum on Electricity Restructuring Problems
Like New York, Connecticut also “restructured” its electricity industry by allowing utilities to sell off their power plants and form holding company structures. This meant that power must be acquired […] -
N.Y. Court of Appeals Revives Suit to Recover Excessive Charges for Inmate Telephone Calls
Litigation has been pending for years in state and federal courts challenging excessive rates and charges for collect calls made by state prison inmates to relatives and friends, who often […] -
City Bar Committee Issues Report on Electricity Regulation in New York
The Energy Committee of the Association of the Bar for the City of New York (ABCNY) issued a report on Electric Regulation in the State of New York on February […] -
President Proposes $61 Million Home Energy Assistance Cut for Low-Income New Yorkers
The proposed federal budget submitted to Congress by President Bush would reduce 2007 – 2008 funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by $502 million, in relation […] -
Queens Power Outage Update
DPS Staff Issues Draft ReportSince our prior post on the Queens power outage, the New York Department of Public Service (DPS) staff issued a Draft Report. The report, expected to […] -
FERC Holds New Enron Hearings After Court Remands
FERC is still holding administrative hearings to determine whether wholesale electricity buyers are owed refunds from Enron due to market manipulation in 2001. The prehearing statement of issues in dispute […] -
AARP Cautions FERC Not to Relax Electricity Market Oversight
AARP filed comments January 19, 2007 in FERC’s pending rulemaking proceeding in which the agency proposes for the first time to adopt official rules to reflect its market rate experiment […] -
Governor Spitzer Promises Reform of Prison Inmate Telephone Charges
The New York State Department of Corrections (DOCS) contracts with MCI for prison inmate collect call telephone service. For many families whose relatives are incarcerated in distant prisons, this is […]