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In Rochester, Long Island and the Hudson Valley, lawmakers and grassroots groups want to replace investor-owned utilities with public operations. Anger over rates, overcharges fuel push for public ...
For years now, many NYSEG customers have had issues with billing and energy services, but government programs and subsidies can help
NYSEG and RG&E are installing the latest in energy use technology − smart meters − across their wide customer base that includes more than 1 million electric hook-ups and 500,000 natural gas ...
Although some got power back within hours of Isaias, some had to wait days for power to be restored. As of August 10, 2020, around 42,000 Long Island customers were still without power, [14] while around 20,000 New Jersey customers were without power. [15] State and local officials have called for more accountability from PSEG after the storm ...
Throughout the end of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century, the corporation went through mergers and acquisitions that combined about 200 utility companies under the name NYSEG. In 1975 the corporation became an 18% partner in the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation ’s Nine Mile Point nuclear plant, and in the 1980s NYSEG ...
The commission's regulatory oversight extends to the approval of retail consumer rate increase (or decrease) requests from the electric, water, steam, and local natural gas distribution utilities it regulates. The commission approves (or denies) these rate requests because each utility operates as a monopoly service provider in its retail ...
In 1975, NYSEG announced it was changing its construction plans because a geologic fault had been found 40 miles away in Attica. [9] Extra retrofitting costs would have made a nuclear plant infeasible versus a reinforced coal . A 650 MW coal plant was built at the site and went into service in 1984 ahead of schedule and under budget. [10] [11]
The report from the comptroller's office also noted that the new New York State Public Service Commission's Long Island office is costing Long Island rate payers $8 million a year. [34] A bill was introduced in 2016 that would enhance rate setting abilities by the New York State Public Service Commission.