Energy, Utilities, & Telecommunications

Climate Change

Despite using less energy, low-income households are often forced to make difficult survival decisions to afford essential energy service. NCLC works to ensure that the urgent transition to clean energy protects underserved households and communities from unaffordable increases in the cost of energy and to mitigate the inequities of our current energy landscape.

New Initiatives Empower Consumers Seeking Solar Power

August 8, 2024

Advocates Applaud New Materials about Financing Solar Projects and Avoiding Scams and Look Forward to Robust Action from Federal Agencies to Protect Consumers

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July 16, 2024
July 16, 2024

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AI Infrastructure Sign On Letter to the White House

October 4, 2024

Consumer Advocates’ Letter to CFPB Regarding Rooftop Solar Panel Sales Concerns

September 27, 2024

NBC News: As summer ends, concern about utility aid remains red-hot

September 13, 2024

Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Advocates’ Response to Petition For Rulemaking to Rescind EPA’s Title VI Disparate Impact Regulations

September 4, 2024

Maryland Energy Efficiency Advocates Supplemental Comments Re: Low-Income Affordability Mechanism

August 19, 2024

NPR: Thinking about rooftop solar? 4 things to consider and how to protect yourself

August 14, 2024

NPR: Rooftop solar has a fraud problem. The industry is working to build back trust

August 14, 2024

New Initiatives Empower Consumers Seeking Solar Power

August 8, 2024

Coalition Memo to Federal Agencies Urging Consumer Protections for Green Lending

August 6, 2024

Comments & Letters

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AI Infrastructure Sign On Letter to the White House

October 4, 2024

Consumer Advocates’ Letter to CFPB Regarding Rooftop Solar Panel Sales Concerns

September 27, 2024

Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Advocates’ Response to Petition For Rulemaking to Rescind EPA’s Title VI Disparate Impact Regulations

September 4, 2024

Maryland Energy Efficiency Advocates Supplemental Comments Re: Low-Income Affordability Mechanism

August 19, 2024

Coalition Memo to Federal Agencies Urging Consumer Protections for Green Lending

August 6, 2024

Maryland Energy Efficiency Advocates Comments to Maryland Public Service Commission Regarding a Low-Income Affordability Program

January 31, 2024

Letter Regarding MA Gas Transition Framework Filed in Maryland PSC Case No 9707

December 20, 2023

Coalition Comment Letter to Federal Insurance Office on Climate-Related Data Collection

December 4, 2023

Comments to the MD PSC in Support of the MD Office of People’s Counsel’s Petition Re Comprehensive Gas Planning

October 24, 2023

Reports

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Protecting Access to Essential Utility Service During Extreme Heat and Climate Change

July 16, 2024

Community Solar: Expanding Access and Safeguarding Low-Income Families

February 26, 2024

Reversing Energy System Inequity: Urgency and Opportunity During the Clean Energy Transition

March 6, 2019

Issue Briefs

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Rooftop Solar: Consumer Protection Recommendations

July 12, 2024

Retail “Choice” in Electricity Markets: A Bad Deal for Consumers and the Climate

March 30, 2023

Testimony

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Testimony in Support of Maryland SB548 (Snydor), the Ratepayer Protection Act (STRIDE)

February 15, 2024

Testimony in Support of HB 982, Public Utilities—Low-Income and Middle-Income Housing—Energy Performance Targets

February 27, 2020

Press Releases

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New Report Tackles Energy System Inequities, Opportunities During the Clean Energy Transition

March 5, 2019

New Initiatives Empower Consumers Seeking Solar Power

August 8, 2024

New Report Calls for Utility Protections Amid Extreme Heat

July 16, 2024

NCLC Advocates Promote Consumer Protections for Energy Efficiency Financing in New Book

May 20, 2024

Groups Celebrate Updated Energy Efficiency Rules for New U.S.-Backed Homes

April 25, 2024

New Report Details How Community Solar Programs Can Reduce Energy Costs for Low-Income People and Address Climate Change

February 26, 2024

Statement in Response to Resolution to Overturn Furnace Efficiency Standards

February 1, 2024

Agreement on Home Appliance Efficiency Standards Will Preserve Consumer Features and Deliver Remarkable Energy Savings

September 13, 2023

Group Convened by Massachusetts AG’s Office Releases Recommendations to Improve Public Participation in Energy Proceedings

May 4, 2023

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Access to Utility Service

NCLC’s treatise on delivery of water, electricity, gas, and telecommunications, with everything a practitioner needs to know on metering, payments, telecommunications, and assistance programs.

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