Energy and Utility Publications and Resources

From Our Experts

• A Resource Guide: Public Service Commission Consumer Protection Rules and Regulations, May 2006, PDF (414KB)
  
• A Consumer’s Guide to Intervening in State Public Utility Proceedings, PDF (339KB)
• Tracking the Home Energy Needs of Low-Income Households Through Trend Data on Arrearages and Disconnections, PDF (451KB)
• Low-Income Energy Security in Rhode Island: Long Term Affordability and Arrearage Management Solutions, PDF (393KB)
• Presentation at Winter 2004 NARUC Meeting: Gas Utilities & Low-income Energy Efficiency Programs

Access to Utility Service

• State Tables:
  Residential Natural Gas and Electricity Price Charts and Volatility Analyses
  
  Ratio of Income to Poverty Analyses
• Sample Billing and Termination Regulations: Winter Moratorium, Deposits, Payment Plans, Serious Illness, Landlord/Tenant, Procedures, PDF (130KB)
• Press Release: Increased Utility Debt Threatens Universal Access to Utility Service New Regulatory Reforms are Needed
• Analysis of Low-Income Benefits in Determining Cost-Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency Programs

Energy Publications

• Access to Utility Service (2004 Third Ed. with CD-Rom)
  Covers a range of topics including terminations and billing problems, to payment plans, fuel allowances, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and low-income weatherization.
• Double Jeopardy: The Impact of Energy Taxes on Low-Income Households PDF (3.4MB)
• A Guide to Low-Income Energy Efficiency
• Energy and the Poor: The Crisis Continues
• The Energy Affordability Crisis of Older Americans

For Consumers

• Retail Choice in Natural Gas and Electricity: A Handbook for Low-Income Advocates by Roger Colton