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As electric restructuring rockets to the top of state public utility commission agendas, regulators find themselves pushed in every direction. Pushing the hardest, in most cases, are legislators, who, like [...]

Nancy McCaffree Chair Montana Public Service Commission As a regulator I have had the opportunity to listen to economists, energy planners, and other professional soothsayers. I have come to the [...]

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), S. 933, Pub. L. 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-79 (1990), requires all common carriers providing interstate and intrastate telephone service to make [...]

Today, state utility commissions, utility companies, environmentalists, and community groups are concerned about the environment. At the same time, the current economic recession underscores the need to sustain and promote [...]

The government's efforts to mutualise public services across the UK will not work without better funding and support, experts have warned. Research commissioned by Co-operatives UK and published today found [...]

As docket expands, increase in staff, funding needed A Madison-area lawmaker is calling for the state Public Service Commission to reconsider its staffing and budget levels and request more telecommunications [...]

Southeastern Public Service Authority, Chesapeake, Va., announces it has been selected to be part of an advisory panel for King County in suburban Washington, D.C., as the county examines new [...]

The Charlotte, North Carolina Metropolitan Transit Commission is seen to encounter difficulties in implementing its long-term project plan. The commission is seen to face problems concerning competing agendas and struggle for funding control. Comments from officials are also given.

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. - Cable operators are mending fences with local regulators these days in hopes that improved relations will translate into an 'edge' over the competition. As a [...]

Long Island (LI) Gov. George E. Pataki should bring order to the Public Service Commission (PSC) to help LI residents solve the numerous problems heaped on them by the PSC. He should appoint a new PSC chairman who is aware of the ratepayers' problems as well as the crucial role played by utilities in commerce and industry., Governor Pataki's popularity and approval rating are faltering, particularly here on the Island. Whether they continue falling or start an upward depends on his actions on an important issue. Pataki [...]

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) invited three people to be part of its board of directors: Mark Armentrout, executive vice president of MBNA Technology Inc.; David Baggett, [...]

Anthony N. Carbone, president of Systematic Control Corp. in Great Neck, L.I., hopes to see many of his former customers returning for gas appliance servicing in the next few years. [...]

Many electric utilities and most state public utility commissions support the concept of retail wheeling, the unbundling of generation, transmission and distribution rates, but very few are taking active steps to provide this service now that it appears feasible under deregulation laws. According to a survey conducted by Boston Pacific Company Inc. for the Electric Generation Assn, electric utilities welcome unbridled competion but may seek methods other than retail wheeling to achieve low rates., Most state public utility commissions (PUCs) appear to be comfortable with a five-year timetable in which to address retail wheeling. However, only a handful of PUCs are considering it actively [...]

CHICAGO -- Members of a panel whose approval is needed before $699 million of bonds can be issued by Minnesota governments for Northwest Airlines expressed doubts about the project last [...]