Dive Summary:
- Consolidated Edison Inc., Orange and Rockland Utilities, National Grid, and New York State Electric and Gas have requested approval from New York's Public Service Commission to give customers credits for lost electric and gas service in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
- The commission was set to consider the proposal Thursday.
- Con Ed, which reported outages for about 1.1 million customers during the year's storms is asking to give around $6.5 million back.
From the article:
"... The breaks on the service part of the bill would generally range from several dollars for residential customers to several hundred dollars for larger users like businesses, municipalities and lighting districts. They are based on the average number of days of lost service in a given area and will appear soon on bills if the PSC approves the credits.
The utilities have also suspended bill collection and credit actions against customers with past-due bills, either through the end of this month or January. ..."
