Electric and Gas

Administrative & Regulatory Outcomes

California Adopts Order to Reduce Utility Disconnections of Vulnerable Households, April 2012

Model Settlement Protects Vulnerable Consumers from Utility Disconnections, Dec. 27, 2010

Policy Analysis

Comments (Aug. 5, 2011) and Reply Comments (Aug. 26, 2011) of the Iowa Bureau of Energy Assistance regarding Prepaid Meters

Comments - Consumer Groups Representing Residential Ratepayers on FERC Technical Conference on RTO Responsiveness, March 8, 2010

Comments from Consumer Commenters on FERC RTO/ISO Performance Metrics, March 8, 2010

Joint Letter to FERC Chairman Wellinghoff on data regarding “just and reasonable rates” in an upcoming FERC RTO/ISO Performance Metrics Docket, February 19, 2010 

Comment of Low-Income Weatherization and Fuel Assistance Program Network on Smart Grid Pilot, June 15, 2009

Letter to Congress re: Smart Grid and Energy Efficiency, February 4, 2009

Testimony: NCLC testimony on prepayment metering submitted on behalf of the Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection, June 2004

Additional Comments to Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy on increasing the penetration rate for discounted electric, gas and phone Service, DTE 01-106, November 2002.

Reply Comments to the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy on increasing the penetration rate for discounted electric, gas and phone Service, DTE 01-106, March 2002

Initial Comments to Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy on increasing the penetration rate for discounted electric, gas and phone Service, DTE 01-106, January 2002

Additional Resources

"Prepaid Utility Service and Revenue Decoupling" by National Resource Defense Council Energy Program Co-director Ralph Cavanagh and NCLC Senior Energy Policy Analyst John Howat published in the Electricity Policy Journal, May 2, 2012

NCLC's Energy and Utility Publications and Resources

"Stay Connected" Training Video