![]() ![]() Why are electric rates going up this winter? If you are served by a municipal utility, it may or may not be shutting off customers for unpaid bills. If you receive residential electric or gas service through a municipal utility, contact them directly to find out more about their shut-off policy and to hear about available payment assistance programs. Residential customers making payments under payment plans with their investor-owned electric or gas utility will remain protected from shut-off as long as they make payments under the payment schedule. If you are a residential customer struggling to pay your utility bills, behind on your payments, or interested in more regular payments, reach out to your electric or gas utility to discuss available payment plans and payment assistance programs that may be available. In addition, payment plans are available to avoid shut off and manage utility bills. It is between November 15 and March 15 and the utility service is needed to heat your home. You have an infant under 12 months in your home Īll adults in the home are age 65 or older and a minor child resides in the home You, or someone in your home, is seriously ill If you are experiencing financial hardship and one of the following applies, your electric or gas cannot be shut off without permission from the DPU : ![]() (Boston Globe)ĬLIMATE: Maine’s state climatologist says climate change is the main reason every season over the last century has seen more precipitation.If all residents of your home are age 65 and over, your electricity or gas cannot be shut off without permission from the Department of Public Utilities (DPU). Boston-based rental car company Zipcar plans to double its electric vehicle fleet this year, including in Boston and New York City.Federal funds will help five Pennsylvania school districts to purchase 120 school buses powered with clean energy.Massachusetts regulators kick off an inquiry to examine rate affordability for low-to-moderate-income bill payers and whether other models could reduce the energy burden.The president and chief executive officer of United Illuminating says Connecticut’s regulators are creating a hostile environment that is delaying current projects and limiting future investment appetite.OFFSHORE WIND: A Rhode Island senator proposes a new federal bill to clarify and streamline the offshore wind development pipeline process. Power utility Public Service Enterprise Group raised its five-year regulated capital spending plan for clean energy and grid projects to $21 billion.New York’s governor describes her vision for the state’s clean energy transition in her annual State of the State address, but some stakeholders say the plans need to better incorporate equity for nearby communities.()įOSSIL FUELS: PJM Interconnection wants Talen Energy to postpone the planned decommissioning of two units at a 840 MW coal, oil and gas-fired Maryland power plant, citing pending transmission upgrades. With snow in the forecast, worries increase for the thousands of customers without power in New York’s Jefferson County and the immediate region. ![]() (PowerOutage.US, Connecticut Public Radio, Delaware County Daily Times)
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