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Immigrants’ Utility Rights in Massachusetts: Open Energy and Utility Q&A Hour

November 15, 2023

TIME: 10 – 11AM SPEAKERS: Pat Baker (MLRI), Cristina Freeman (MIRA) This session will focus on the intersection of immigrants’ rights and utility issues, focusing on the rights of families with undocumented members, particularly those with heads of household who are undocumented. National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) attorneys will be joined by Pat Baker and…

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Massachusetts Intro to LIHEAP '23-'24

October 23, 2023

TIME: 11AM – 12:15PM Join us October 23 at 11am for an intro to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 2023-2024. This webinar features experts, Liz Berube, Executive Director at Citizens for Citizens, Mary Knittle, Director of Energy Resources at Worcester Community Action Council Inc, and Peter Wingate, Energy Directory at Community Action…

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Utility Dive: The American power system is changing. How can electricity rates keep up?

August 24, 2023

As the industry prepares for the electrification of different sectors of the economy, Kavya Balaraman at Utility Dive sat down with experts, including NCLC senior attorney Charlie Harak, for a look at new ways to make electricity rates more equitable. There are more direct ways in which regulators can help keep energy more affordable –…

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Risks of Utility Shutoffs Are Rising in Massachusetts

April 10, 2023

The National Consumer Law Center has compiled Massachusetts gas and electric arrearage data collected in DPU docket 20-58 through February 2023. Here we provide a brief update to previous reports released in February 2021, November 2021, and November 2022 on the state of arrears in MA. As of April 1, the winter moratorium that protects…

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Massachusetts Utility Consumer Rights Course

October 5, 2023

TIME: 2 – 3:30 PM Join us for our full Utility Consumer Rights Course, geared towards advocates and front-line social service workers who assist low-income Massachusetts consumers. In this course, we cover: the eligibility requirements for utility discounts; how to prevent service from being shut off; how to restore service if it has been terminated;…

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Massachusetts Utility Consumer Rights Course

June 8, 2023

1 – 2:30 PM EST Join us for our full Utility Consumer Rights Course, geared towards advocates and front-line social service workers who assist low-income Massachusetts consumers. In this course, we cover: the eligibility requirements for utility discounts; how to prevent service from being shut off; how to restore service if it has been terminated;…

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