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Low-Income Concerns
PIAC submission on security deposits
Thursday, Jul 10, 2003PIAC’s submission on security deposits, on behalf of a coalition of low-income energy consumers, to the Ontario Energy Board. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is currently considering changes to the rules governing the customer security deposit policies of electricity distributors. For more information on this topic, visit the the OEB website RP-2002-0146 ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD NOTICE ...
Utility Reconnection Services
Wednesday, Oct 30, 2002Utility Reconnection Services: A New Threat to Vulnerable Consumers? Public Interest Advocacy Centre 1204-ONE Nicholas St. Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B7 With Funding from Industry Canada Copyright 2002 PIAC Contents my not be commercially reproduced, But any other reproduction with acknowledgments is encouraged. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) ONE Nicholas Street Ottawa, ON K1N ...
Keeping the Lights On: Maintaining Universal Access to Electricity
Wednesday, May 30, 2001The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), a Canadian non-profit organization specializing in utility law and regulation released a study today that suggests that the restructuring of the electricity industry in Canada may create results which disproportionately burden low-income customers. Michael Janigan, Executive Director and General Counsel of PIAC and co-author of the study ...