Making the Case for Submetering Reforms

October 20, 2009

Residential submetering of electricity is a practice with significant implications to tenant protection, consumer protection, and environmental conservation. But despite the high stakes, it is an issue that has received relatively little attention. While submetering has proliferated under the political radar, changing the lives of low- and middle-income tenants, few attempts have been made to address the issue systematically.

Earlier this year I blogged about five bills that I introduced to reform submetering in New York State. Last week, I was pleased to be offered an opportunity to discuss my legislative efforts at the New York State Bar Association’s Eleventh Annual Institute on Public Utility Law held in Albany.

10.16.09 IPUL Sub Met Ring Leg Remarks