Latest Articles
Legacy of Power Cost Manipulation - New York Times- 12-22-02
Utility Choice Isn't Working Out For Consumers - Buffalo News - 12-22-02
Competition Fails to Spark - Times Union - 12-08-02
A Time to Choose - Elmira Star Gazette - 12-08-02
Electricity Customers Lose Choices - Gannett News Services - 12-07-02
The Power of Choice - Campaign will explain electricity options to NYSEG customers. - Gannett News - 11-18-02
First Decision For Consumers Is Whether They Want Fixed Or Variable Power Rates - Buffalo News - 10/20/2002
Heating Bills Predicted To Rise Up To 25% - Times Union - 10-11-02
Critical Information For NYSEG Customers About Alternative Electric Service Companies - 10-08-02
AARP Supports Electricity Customers' Rights Bill - Schenectady Gazette - 10-02-02
Campaign Will Explain Electricity Options To NYSEG Customers -Press & Sun Bulletin - 9-30-02
NY Electricity Deregulation Doesn't Make The Grade -Democrat and Chronicle - 9-18-02
California Energy Crisis A Sham - CBS News - 9-17-02
An Analysis of Residential Energy Markets in Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio, New York and Texas, NCAT - 9-17-02.
PULP’s Memorandum in Support of The Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - 8-12-02
AARP’s Letter in Support of The Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - 8-8-02
NASUCA Adopts Resolution Favoring Stable Rates for Residential Default Service Customers - 6-19-02
Add More Power to Energy Market - Poughkeepsie Journal Editorial, Friday, 6-7-02
Con Ed Asks Permission to Hold Rebates - 3-20-02
LIPA and KeySpan Agree to Extend 'Window' for Purchasing Power Plants to 2005 - 3-11-02
Response of Consolidated Edison to Public Utility Law Project and Utility Workers Union of America - 3-8-02
LIPA Feeling The Heat - Ability to keep rates down is threatened - 3-08-02
Activists Criticize Plant Proposal - 3-08-02
New York Works to Form Statewide Energy Plan, Amidst Plant Siting and Transmission Challenges - 3-08-02
State's energy plan criticized - 3-06-02
PULP’s Supplemental Comments Opposing Deferral of Ratepayer Refunds and World Trade Center Attack-Related Costs - 3-05-02
2 Utilities Say 9/11 Costs May Raise Rates - 3-4-02
PSC Directs NYSEG to Increase Enrollment in Electric Low Income Program - 3-4-02
"At the inception of the Program, the enrollment target was set at 22,500 participants. The Continuation Order reiterated that enrollment target. NYSEG, however, has never reached the target. Moreover, it reported in January 2002 that only 13,955 participants were enrolled -- a decrease from the 15,136 participants reported in May 2001. Reaching the enrollment target as soon as possible is an important element of the Program. It ensures that the customers who would benefit most from more affordable bills participate. The utility is encouraged to achieve full compliance with the target as soon as possible...."
PULP Comments in Opposition to Consolidated Edison Gas Rate Settlement - 2-25-02
PSC Summary of Proposed Verizon Rate Plan and Notice Inviting Comments - 2-20-02
PULP Comments on Proposed Verizon Rate Agreement - 2-15-02
Testimony in Support of Changing Lifeline Eligibility Standards - 2-15-02
PULP Testimony on the Impact of the Enron Bankruptcy on Energy Markets, U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality - 2-13-02
Order Denying PULP/AARP Rehearing Petition on Con Ed Power Purchasing Practices - 1-08-02
Rhode Island and New Mexico Attorneys General File Comments with FERC on Market Power, Market Based Rates, and Proposed Interim Generation Market Power Screen and Mitigation Policy - 1-4-02
News Articles - 2001
Consumer Aid Group Loses State Funding - 10-21-01
Terms for NiMo merger limits delivery rates - 10-12-01
Joint Settlement Proposal of Niagara Mohawk and National Grid 10-11-01
Northeast Consumer Advocates Urge FERC to Require Independent Governance of Proposed Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) 10-10-01
PULP’s Motion to Intervene in NFG HEFPA Penalty Proceeding - 10-09-01
More penalties loom for National Fuel - 9/30/01
National Fuel cited in death of woman - 9-28-01
PSC issues Orders National Fuel to Show Cause Why Penalties Should Not be Assessed for Violations of the Home Energy Fair Practices Act In Connection with the Death of a Customer. - Order to Show Cause - 9/27/01
County strives to make heating aid process easier- 9/25/01
Deregulation Of Electricity Isn’t Working Out As Hoped - 9/02/01
Disconnected Policymakers - Electricity Journal - 9-01
Electricity Deregulation and Consumers: Lessons From A Hot Spring and A Cool Summer - Mark Cooper - CFA - 8/30/01
PSC "Order Approving Year 4 and Year 5 PowerChoice Rate Increases" 8-29-01
PULP’s Reply Brief on Exceptions Regarding Provider of Last Resort - 8-28-01
10,000 heating-bill aid checks delayed - 8-15-01
PULP’s Brief on Exceptions Regarding Provider of Last Resort - 8-9-01
All Maine Utilities To Contribute To Low-Income Fund -PUC - 8-6-01
FERC OKs Seabed 'Merchant' Pwr Line For Northeast US - 7-27-01
New York’s PSC Chairman Supports FERC’s Move Toward Northeast RTO - Regional Electricty Market will Benefit Consumers - 7-24-01
Schumer Urges NY Speed 250-MW Plant For Long Island - 7-23-01
It’s Your Money - 7-23-01
Stronger Consumer Protections Proposed for Next Phases of Transition to Competitive Energy Markets - 7-18-01
Shut-offs Rising With Energy Prices - Times Union - 7-15-01
Iowa Utility to Freeze Electricity Rates for Five Years and Build New Power Plants?/FONT> -7-13-01
FERC Issues RTO Orders - 7/13/01
Marketers Welcome FERC Move To Merge NE Power Grid Opers - Dow Jones - - 07/12/2001
Consumers Flee from Electric Choice Program in Pennsylvania - Erie Times-News - 7/10/01
Transcript of FERC Technical Conference on RTOs - 6/18/01
Consolidated Edison Request for Rehearing - 6-15-01
Lazy, Hazy Days Mean Higher Electricty Rates - The Times Herald-Record - 7-01-01
Bill Paying Service Must Pay Own Electric Costs The Boston Globe -6-30-01
NYISO Plan Draws Generators Ire;Utilities, Pols Praise - Dow Jones 6-30-01
Less Than Half of Power Plants in Development Likely to Be Completed, Williams Capital Group Analysis ShowsTight Supplies Likely to Continue Unless Coal-Fired And Nuclear Generating Stations Take Pressure Off Demand for Natural Gas - New York - Business Wire -6-29-01
New Hampshire Governor Approves Proposal to Create 10-Year Energy Plan - The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H. - 6-29-01
Calif, NY, Conn Sue Bush Admin Over Air-Conditioner Shift - 6/20/01
3 States Plan a Court Fight on Air-Conditioner Efficiency - 6/20/01
National Association Of State Utility Consumer Advocates Resolution For A Workable Wholesale Electricity Market Structure - 6/19/01
Business group favors new N.Y. power plants - 6/19/01
Public Service Commission Request for Rehearing (6/15/01
Press Release - Governor: Promotes Clean Air Energy Efficiency At Local Level- 6/15/01
Assembly Passes The New York State Transitional Energy Plan on January 11, 2001 - 6/14/01
PSC Considers Revising Rules for Customer Deposits and Prepayments Held by Competitive Energy Companies - 6/14/01
PULP’s Comments On Protection of ESCO Customer Credit Balances - 06/11/01.
Pataki Orders a Shift Toward Renewable Energy New York Times - 6/10/01
Utility-law project supports NYSEG freeze - Gannett News - 6/8/01
Power bills a summer bummer for mid-Hudson -The Times Herald-Record - 6/3/01
PULP and AARP’s Petition for Rehearing and Clarification - 6/01/01
Power Politics: A Failed Energy Plan Catches Up to New York - New York Times 6/1/01
Prominent Economists Urge End to FERC Experiment With Market-Based Ratemaking and Return to Setting Just and Reasonable Rates By Traditional Cost of Service Methods
O&R customers likely to sweat over electric bills - Times Herald-Record 5/30/01
Consumer Alert: Internet Promotion of Unlicensed Electric Companies. 5/22/01
The Progressive Pro-Consumer Solution To Today’s Electricity Crisis: Just and Reasonable Rates, Tellus Institute (5/15/01)
PULP Hosts India Delegation Studying Utility Regulatory Systems (5/14/01)
Proposed rules to protect customer prepayments - Buffalo News - 5/12/01
PULP Testimony Before the Assembly Standing Committee on Energy, Hearing on Examination of the Dramatic Increase in Natural Gas Prices In New York State and Issues Surrounding the Bankruptcy of Iroquois Energy - 5/11/01
Utility Seeks 2 Power Plants to Meet Long Island Demand - NY Times - 5/10/01
Dereg to cost O&R users 25% more - Energy: Residential customers of Orange and Rockland Utilities can expect to pay about $15 more for electricity this month. - The Times Herald Record - 5-08-01
Sale of plants would create debt - Niagara Mohawk wants to pass $1.2 billion to ratepayers. Spitzer balks. -4-22-01
Let State Buy Con Ed Plants - 4-19-01
Utility to Pay $200,000 for Switching Customers: A Settlement with Attorney General 4-10-01
Energetix, Inc. Rescinds Natural Gas Rate Increase in Agreement with New York PSC 4-10-01
Florida Energy Supplier to Provide Consumers with Restitution and Pay $200,000 to Settle Attorney General's Charges of "Slamming" and Deceptive Advertising - 4-6-01
New York PSC, in Papers Filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), SaysWholesale Electricity Markets for New York City Are Not Competitive and Are Vulnerable to Unmitigated Market Power Abuses - 4-4-01
Telephone Service In Crisis: A Report on Verizon’s Falsification of Service Quality Data to the PSC - CWA - 4-01
Behind the Headlines of Electricity Restructuring - CFA Report by Dr. Mark Cooper - 3-20-01
Attorney General’s Action Plan for a Balanced Electric Power Policy in New York State - 3-20-01
PULP’s Comments Opposing Joint Proposal on the Design and Implmentation of Phase 4 of Consolidated Edison’s Retail Access Program - 3/19/01
Comments of Public Utility Law Project on Price Spike Mitigation Proposals -3-13-01
New York State Comptroller’s Report, Electric Deregulation in New York State: The Need for a Comprehensive Plan (2/10/01)
State Comptroller’s Press Release On Electric Deregulation Report (2/10/01)
Electric Industry Restructuring: Big Mistake or a Bad Idea? Consumer Lessons Learned in California And New York Electric Industry Restructuring (2/6/01)
PULP Comments Concerning Proposed Amendments to the PSC’s Uniform Business Rules - 1-22-01
Niagara Mohawk - National Grid Merger Page 01-16-01
The Antidote to Price Spikes -01-11-01
Competition, High Energy Prices Wreck Utility Companies in Western New York
Buffalo News - 01-09-01
Keyspan-NY Expands Existing Low Income Rate -1-8-01
Jamestown, N.Y.-Based Energy Marketing Firm Leaves Residential Market - Buffalo News - 1-6-01
PULP Comments on Department of Public Service Interim Pricing Report on New York State’s Independent System Operator. 1-5-01
Niagara Mohawk to Reduce Bills for Low Income Natural Gas Heating Customers (1/3/01)
New York State Senate Energy Tax Reduction Proposals - 1/01
News Articles - 2000
Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Newsletter
Charlie Brennan’s 2000-2001 “Winter Extra?review of changes in HEAP. (12/15/00)
Iroquois Energy customers may not get refunds - Buffalo News - 12-60-00
Clean Energy Advocates Call for Increased State Investment in Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Affordability -News Release- 11-27-00
Public Service Commission Urged to Extend the System Benefits Charge (Comments Filed). -11-27-00
PULP urges PSC to condition Citizens merger on expanded Lifeline and better access for low income communities to advanced services -11-20-00
Customers of Bankrupt Hamburg, N.Y.-Based Energy Firm Must Wait for Refunds - Buffalo News - 11-3-00
PULP Testimony at Westchester County Hearing On Energy Price Increases 10/23/00
National Fuel warns of lower profit, restates figures - Buffalo News - 10-18-00
PULP Testimony on Niagara Mohawk - National Grid Group Merger 9-27-00
PSC Order Modifying Schedule for Con Edison Refunds 9/7/00
Acquisition Of NiMo May Lower Electric Bills Buffalo News 9/6/00
PSC Denies Request for Broadband Assistance to Organizations Serving Low Income Communities 8/31/00
PULP Asks State’s Highest Court to Allow Review of PSC Power to Implement Residential Electric Deregulation. 8/04/00
Testimony on Con Edison Power Disruptions, Price Increases, and Customer Issues in New York City and Westchester County 8-02-00
PULP Proposes Broadband Rate Reductions for Organizations Serving Low Income Communities. 7-21-00
Charging into change - Times Union; 7-9-00
Testimony on Con Ed’s Nuclear Outage Costs 4-15-00
PULP Petition Asking the Commission to Stop Con Edison From Closing Customer Service Offices and to Reopen Ones That Closed - 6-22-99
Reports of Interest
NASUCA Resolutions
NYS Assembly Plan, Competition Plus Energy 2000 - 6/99
New York State Assembly Report - “Shedding Light on Electric Utility Restructuring in New York State?/FONT> - 2/99
NYS Assembly Report - The Electric Industry in New York - 10/97
NYS Assembly Electric Industry Restructuring Plan, “Competition Plus?/FONT> - 3/96
Frontier Settlement
New Agreement Reached to Guide Transition to Competition In Rochester Telephone Service Territory.
Adamantine Customers and the Utility Restructuring Juggernaut
Remarks by Executive Director Gerald Norlander.
PULP In the News
|
