Utility Issues for Tenants

Digital Library: An Introduction to Ratio Utility Billing Systems for Tenant Advocates

February 15, 2026

This article discusses what RUBS billing is, what makes RUBS billing different, and how it may be worse for tenants than other types of utility billing.

Letter to LA City Council Regarding Tenant Utility Billing

February 24, 2026

Full Utility Credit Reporting: Risks to Low Income Consumers

December 8, 2009

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Letter to the Chicago City Council Regarding the Protecting Renters Ordinance

July 21, 2026

Sweeping Guidance for Federal Funding Creates Uncertainty for Families Struggling with Unaffordable Energy Bills

July 14, 2026

NCLC Comments to the OMB Regarding Federal Financing Assistance (sweeping proposed rule that subverts statutory direction for program funding for all federal agencies)

July 13, 2026

Massachusetts Utility Advocacy Handbook (5th ed. 2026)

May 19, 2026

Testimony to DC Council Housing Committee on B26 0595 True Act

March 30, 2026

Full File Utility Credit Reporting: Potential Harms to Low-Income Consumers

March 23, 2026

Letter to LA City Council Regarding Tenant Utility Billing

February 24, 2026

Digital Library: An Introduction to Ratio Utility Billing Systems for Tenant Advocates

February 15, 2026

In Illinois, Cash-Strapped Utility Customers Get Much Needed Relief

August 11, 2025

From the NCLC Digital Library

Access to Utility Service

NCLC’s treatise on delivery of water, electricity, gas, and telecommunications, with everything a practitioner needs to know on metering, payments, telecommunications, and assistance programs.

Read Chapter One