The Utility Customer Financial Impact of COVID-19: The Need For Flexibility and Reform in Utility Billing, Credit and Collections
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This manual is written both as training material that NCLC distributes to trainees in connection with the basic utility rights trainings we deliver in Massachusetts, as well as a free-standing handbook for those who help clients with their utility problems but who cannot attend the training.
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We respectfully request that the subcommittee fund LIHEAP at the full authorizedamount of $5.1 billion and note the need is likely to be greater.
All states that have examined the financial impact of alternative energy suppliers on residential consumers have reached similar findings – alternative energy suppliers charge customers more for utility service that is essentially identical to distribution utility service.
The federal Health & Human Services’ Low Income Home Energy AssistanceProgram (LIHEAP) is the cornerstone of government efforts to help low-income seniors andfamilies afford essential home energy services.
Most consumers pay more for competitive supply than they would have paid for service from their utility companies. And the very small number of consumers who do manage to save money see only minor savings.
Most consumers pay more for competitive supply than they would have paid for service from their utility companies. And the very small number of consumers who do manage to save money see only minor savings.
Most consumers pay more for competitive supply than they would have paid for service from their utility companies. And the very small number of consumers who do manage to save money see only minor savings.
Written Testimony of Olivia Wein, National Consumer Law Center in Support of HB 982, Public Utilities – Low-Income and Middle-Income Housing – Energy Performance Targets
NCLC supports HB 260, which would help policymakers and regulators to better protect Maryland consumers
Tables 1, 2, and 3 of Protecting Seriously Ill Consumers From Utility Disconnections
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Verified response of Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) to Illinois Utilities’ responses to the Illinois Commerce Commission’s Emergency Interim Order of March 18, 2020.
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