2021 is PULP's 40th year of educating, advocating and litigating on behalf of low-income and fixed-income New York utility consumers. See us on FB and IG too.
Albany, NY
Joined December 2011
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PULP's statement on @GovKathyHochul's second #StateOfTheStateNY address 👇
Extreme Heat Is a Disease for Cities. Treat It That Way - WIRED apple.news/AGOB1rJyiQ02V6XBN…
“Central Hudson experienced outage frequency and duration higher than the performance targets primarily due to tree contacts during minor storms. 2021 frequency and duration performance were the worst performance in the past four years.” @AARPNY
How reliable are NY’s utilities’ infrastructure? See @NYSDPS report
Link: on.ny.gov/3tIxHuI
Great news, Governor Hochul! We are pleased that more than 300,000 low-income households will have their finances repaired. @AARPNY @nasucadc @NYSDPS “Governor Hochul Announces Electric and Gas Utility Bill Credit Program for Low-Income Families” governor.ny.gov/news/governo…
Discussed NY’s arrears resolution plan today and told NASUCANs to stay tuned for Thursday’s PSC order implementing it! Fascinating approaches to using consumer data from Jess and David and good questions from fellow consumer advocates . @AARPNY @nasucadc
Modern Approaches to Identifying and Understand Customers Who Struggle to Maintain Utility Service with @UtilityReform’s Gabriela Sandoval, @EversourceCorp’s Jess Cain, Indiana Energy Justice Lab’s @DavidKonisky and @UtilityProject’s Richard Berkley. #2022NASUCAMidYearMeeting
This behavior must be regulated by the front-line states. Sacrificing low-cost power & climate change goals for little or no jobs, while endangering financially vulnerable households, is not tenable. @Annakelles @kevinparkernyc @nasucadc @AARPNY
Industry is also pushing concern that other states could pass similar bans or even broader restrictions, since NY is the first in the nation.
Other states have seen crypto companies reviving old fossil plants, as well - PA, MT, Indiana... more
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All along the industry has messaged that “the sky is falling”. Empty fear mongering is neither policy discourse nor accurate, however. And overheated rhetoric is no reason to sacrifice low-cost power needed for low/fixed-income households. @annakelles @kevinparkernyc @AARPNY
Sen. @JeremyCooneyROC's concern that the nuances would be lost and the message would simply be NY is closed to a new industry appears prescient. And the messaging is coming from... the industry itself.
From before Senate passage: politico.com/news/2022/06/01…
Governor Hochul Announces 22 Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects to Deliver Clean, Affordable Energy to New Yorkers governor.ny.gov/news/governo…
NYC’s plan for public internet paused under Mayor Adams gothamist.com/news/nycs-plan… via @gothamist
PULP will file testimony opposing the size of these increases — the largest in NYS for an energy utility in a long time. Governor Hochul was right; these proposed increases are unjust and unreasonable. @AARPNY @nasucadc @agreenewyork
Utility bills could increase by up to $18 a month as NYSEG, RG&E raise rates lohud.com/story/news/2022/05… via @lohud
PULP filed testimony on May 20 in Con Edison's newest rate case, along with elected officials and environmental intervenors. "Good Morning, Brooklyn: Wednesday, May 25, 2022": brooklyneagle.com/articles/2…
Utility bills could increase by up to $18 a month as NYSEG, RG&E raise rates lohud.com/story/news/2022/05… via @lohud
NYC Installs WiFi at Every Family Homeless Shelter Following Legal Settlement citylimits.org/2022/05/25/ny… via @DavidFBrand
Power prices jumped 51% in PJM, 85% in New England in Q1 due to rising gas prices utilitydive.com/news/power-e… via @UtilityDive
42 million Americans don't have high-speed internet. Local providers may be the key npr.org/2022/05/11/109836818…
Holtec Int’l, the focus of this story is decommissioning NY’s Indian Point plant which is old, has a bad safety history, & is too close to too many million NYers. “The dangerous business of dismantling America’s aging nuclear plants” washingtonpost.com/business/…
The “benefits” of cryptocurrency operations located in your state. “An Appalachian town was told a bitcoin mine would bring an economic boom. It got noise pollution and an eyesore.” @annakelles @kevinparkernyc washingtonpost.com/business/…
Disappointing. Transparency is important both for regulators & for the public. PSEG’s failure to release this info required by law will no doubt be another reason the scales are tilting toward ending LIPA’s “public-private” experiment for LI’s grid.
PSEG fails to release executive pay despite new disclosure law newsday.com/long-island/poli… via @Newsday