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State-By-State Overview of Low-Income Restructuring
Legislation, Implementation and Summaries

CA | CT | DC | DE | GA | IL | ME | MD | MA | MIMT
    NV | NH | NJ | NY | OH | OR | PA | RI | TX | VT | WI 

Electric Industry Restructuring Scorecard, February 2003

Multi-State Restructuring Studies, Reports

See State-by-State Overviews for state specific studies and reports.

Integrating Government-Funded and Ratepayer-Funded Low-Income Fuel Assistance Programs, Roger Colton, May 2002

The Energy Crisis of 2001, testimony of Jerrold Oppenheim for Low-Income Weatherization and Fuel Assistance Program Network, January 2001.

"Default Service for Retail Electric Competition: Can Residential and Low Income Customers Be Protected When the Experiment Goes Awry?", by Barbara R. Alexander, April 2002.

"Default Service: Can Residential and Low Income Customers Be Protected When the Experiment Goes Awry?" by Barbara R. Alexander, April 2001.

"Default Service: Can Residential and Low Income Customers Be Protected When the Experiment Goes Awry?, an Update to the April 2001 Report," by Barbara R. Alexander, October 2001.

Low Income Consumer Utility Issues: A National Perspective, by Jerry Oppenheim and Theo MacGregor, October 2000.

Protecting Low-Income Consumers: Building on Two Decades of Lessons Learned, by Jerry Oppenheim and Theo MacGregor, November 2000.

Integration of LIHEAP with Energy Assistance Programs Created Through Electric and/or Gas Restructuring an article excerpted from the newsletter "Law & Economics Insights,"   published by Fisher, Sheehan & Colton, Public Finance and General Economics, Issue 00-1: January/February 2000.

Statewide Administration of Low-Income Programs Under Energy

Utility Restructuring: Opportunities and Pitfalls, February 1998.

Low-Income Restructuring Principles, Resolutions

'Principles' Statements or Resolutions issued by a variety of groups

Funding Low-Income Energy Programs

What's a 'System Benefits Charge'?, October 1997

Funding Low-Income Programs Through a Systems Benefits Charge, September 1997

Stranded Benefits and The Anticipated Impact on Rates in a Restructured Electric Industry, October 1997

Aggregation

-- General

Aggregating Low Income Customers: Can Market-Based Solutions Fix Market-Based Problems?, June 1998

Consumerco, a Consumer Cooperative, October 1997

-- State

BOCA Green Electric Co-Op, July 1999

Gas Aggregation and Low-Income Customers, April 1999

Restructuring, The Low Income And Renewables

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho Implement Innovative REACH Project, May 2002

Renewables Gaining Ground Through State WAP, Tribal Pilot Programs, March 1999

Consumer Protection and Education

Visit the NEAAP website for state specific information.

State Disconnection Policies

History / Background of Restructuring

Background to the Issues & Historical Perspective, July 1998

What Is Electricity Restructuring?, November/December 1996

State Electricity Profiles 2002, Energy Information Administration

Glossary of Electric Restructuring Terms, March 1996

An Overview and History of Gas Restructuring, April 1999

Lessons from Deregulating the Gas Industry, December 1998

Electricity Restructuring Fact Sheets, Energy Information Administration

Resources

Bibliography On Restructuring, August 2003


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