AARP has called for reform of the NYISO, the wholesale electric utility that operates the New York grid and ‘organized” electricity spot markets. AARP Calls for Accountability, Oversight and Transparency […]
With a great wave of PR fanfare that sloshed into the New York Times, Ohio utility FirstEnergy announced in early October that it would distribute four million efficient compact fluorescent […]
Background – The Tenants’ April 20, 2009 Petition to the PSCOn April 20, 2009, the Parker Towers Tenants Association (PTTA) filed a Petition with the PSC seeking investigation of submetering […]
We have observed from time to time that New York State, and in particular, the Public Service Commission, should exercise some oversight power over the NYISO, a New York not […]
You’ve seen the numbers: Lifeline discount telephone service subscribership in New York State has plummeted from a peak of over 756,000 in 1996 to about 300,000 today. Meanwhile the number […]
The functioning of wholesale electricity markets has taken on huge importance in the 15 states, including New York, that encouraged their utilities to sell their power plants so that most […]
The New York Legislature met this week to consider cuts in the previously enacted budget for the year beginning April 1, 2008. PULP and many other programs were cut by […]
PULP BackgroundSince 1981, the Public Utility Law Project (PULP) has received state funding to support its mission of advocacy on behalf of low and fixed income utility and energy consumers. […]