Maryland utility company, BGE, filed a prepaid service proposal as part of its request for a rate hike. In Direct Testimony NCLC recommends that the PSC reject the proposal. There is also a link to a press release by NCLC’s client, Maryland Office of People’s Counsel.
This amicus brief urges the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to uphold a trial court order requiring an insurance company and its subsidiaries to pay restitution to consumers. The companies represented that their agents were impartial and would find health insurance that best met consumers’ needs. The companies’ agents then quietly slipped low-value products into consumers’…
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NCLC submitted comments on the proposed regulations by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Buy Now Pay Later Act. The comments support the proposed regulations, which implement the important protections of the BNPL Act and will help ensure that BNPL loans are offered in a fair, safe, transparent and affordable manner.…
This is a Maryland coalition letter to the MD PSC urging emergency regulations to implement a 2025 law that amends the existing law regarding gas utility infrastructure replacement in the name of public safety. The 2025 law places an emphasis on cost recovery for dempnstrated reasonable an prudent investments that include customer benefits, cost-effective options…
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These Leadership Conference Lifeline Reply Sign On Comments address proposals that would make it harder for low-income households to obtain Lifeline benefits. These comments oppose the proposal to require Lifeline applicants to provide their full social security number and the proposal that would put Lifeline out of the reach of those who do not live…
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This is an NRDC prepared sign on letter to Ranking Member DeLauro and Ranking Member Kaptur asking that they ensure Dept of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is adequately funded and to protect the office’s efficiency and renewables mandate. Recent DOE actions have been to dilute the office’s focus and programs by…
Read More about FY 2027 E&W, EERE Appropriations Stakeholder Letter
This is a public interest sign on letter to House and Senate appropriators to save the $2.75 billion in funding for the Digital Equity Act programs which would fund digital literacy, broadband affordability and connected devices for underserved communities. The administration illegally cancelled the IIJA funds for these critical programs to close the digital divide.…
This Outside Witness Testimony on FY 2027 Department of Energy Weatherization appropriations is directed to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and related agencies.