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May/Jun 2008 FSC Newsletter
Inverted block “Lifeline” rates present one mechanism for addressing rate affordability issues without special “low-income” rates. This issue discusses how to address a “hardship alleviation” objective through rates, while at the same time serving the public purpose of improving cost-reflectivity.


Mar/Apr 2008 FSC Newsletter
Policymakers throughout the country have addressed a number of regulatory and legal issues that are common to programs in their adoption, design and implementation. This issue reports on the completion of a multi-state study of the authorization, design and evaluation of low-income programs in thirteen states.


Jan/Feb 2008 FSC Newsletter
As residential customers in states that have adopted retail choice face substantial price increases arising due to the expiration of price caps that have protected customers for the past several years, increasing pressure will be brought to try to mitigate those price increases through the aggregation of low-income customers who receive benefits through a variety of fuel assistance programs. This issue explains how state experiences to date have found that fuel assistance programs and aggregation initiatives do not fit well together.

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