Solving NY's Energy Arrears Crisis with Data
Explore the ongoing crisis of energy consumer arrears in New York and how vital data collection is in finding solutions. Get insights on the monthly arrears data and the efforts by PULP to address this pressing issue.
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Presenters: Richard Berkley (he/him) https://linktr.ee/pulpny Follow us @utilityproject on social media! Email: info@utilityproject.org Hotline: (877) 669-2572 Fax: (877) 669-2572 194 Washington Ave. Suite 320 Albany, NY 12210 USPS Mail:
NYS Arrears & Data NYS Energy Burdens & Data Solving NY s Arrears Crisis with Data What we will talk about today:
NYs Energy Utility Consumer Arrears Crisis NY s energy utilities have been required to report their monthly collections details residential & business customer arrears, accounts eligible for termination, amounts of arrears, etc. since 1991 (See next slide) No other utilities have been required to report arrears/collections whether they are jurisdictional or not An exception may begin this year; see A.7554/S.5454 data collection PULP began using the collections reports (aka CARS reports) in Feb/2020 to focus attention at the PSC/Legislature on the crisis
PULP Monthly Arrears Report Ending Balance Accounts in Arrears Amount in Arrears Monthly Change Change Since February 2020 Accounts Month Change Dollars Dollars Accounts % Amount % Amount % Amount % February, 2020 March April May June July August September October November December January, 2021 February March April May June July August 1,007,586 1,063,585 1,160,718 1,219,502 1,210,717 1,168,327 1,178,145 1,197,277 1,237,067 1,264,540 1,263,742 1,249,728 1,262,551 1,236,492 1,243,299 1,267,669 1,293,548 1,283,205 1,287,690 $775 Million $817 Million $881 Million $954 Million $1001 Million $1038 Million $1070 Million $1105 Million $1176 Million $1196 Million $1247 Million $1285 Million $1336 Million $1397 Million $1455 Million $1516 Million $1580 Million $1661 Million $1669 Million 55,999 97,133 58,784 -8,785 -42,390 9,818 19,132 39,790 27,473 -798 -14,014 12,823 -26,059 6,807 24,370 25,879 -10,343 4,485 6% 9% 5% -1% -4% 1% 2% 3% 2% 0% -1% 1% -2% 1% 2% 2% -1% 0% $42.2 Million $64.3 Million $72.8 Million $46.8 Million $36.5 Million $32.8 Million $34.7 Million $70.8 Million $20.1 Million $51.1 Million $37.5 Million $51.3 Million $61.3 Million $57.6 Million $61.1 Million $64.1 Million $80.9 Million $8.4 Million 5% 8% 8% 5% 4% 3% 3% 6% 2% 4% 3% 4% 5% 4% 4% 4% 5% 1% 55,999 153,132 211,916 203,131 160,741 170,559 189,691 229,481 256,954 256,156 242,142 254,965 228,906 235,713 260,083 285,962 275,619 280,104 6% 15% 21% 20% 16% 17% 19% 23% 26% 25% 24% 25% 23% 23% 26% 28% 27% 28% $42.2 Million $106.6 Million $179.4 Million $226.2 Million $262.7 Million $295.5 Million $330.3 Million $401.1 Million $421.1 Million $472.2 Million $509.7 Million $561. Million $622.3 Million $679.9 Million $741.1 Million $805.1 Million $886. Million $894.5 Million 5% 14% 23% 29% 34% 38% 43% 52% 54% 61% 66% 72% 80% 88% 96% 104% 114% 115% September 1,285,560 $1707 Million -2,130 0% $38.2 Million 2% 277,974 28% $932.7 Million 120% October 1,313,404 $1722 Million 27,844 2% $15. Million 1% 305,818 30% $947.7 Million 122% November 1,309,457 $1738 Million -3,947 0% $15.1 Million 1% 301,871 30% $962.8 Million 124% December 1,289,992 $1733 Million -19,465 -1% $4.7 Million 0% 282,406 28% $958.1 Million 124% January, 2022 1,280,404 $1740 Million -9,588 -1% $7.4 Million 0% 272,818 27% $965.4 Million 125% February, 2022 1,255,270 $1777 Million -25,134 -2% $36.5 Million 2% 247,684 25% $1002. Million 129%
COVID-19 RELATED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Emergency Rental Assistance Program ( ERAP ) federal funding has been received to help provide rent and utility relief Note: money is in the Senate One-House to re-fund ERAP The Regular Arrears Supplemental Benefit ( RAS ) up to $10,000 in electric or gas utility arrears relief through HRA. Applications closed on March 15, 2022, but we will keep an eye out for a second round!
Cases 20-M-0266 & 14-M-0565 With allies (AARP & NYC), PULP was able to get a reform order in the NYS Low-Income Affordability Program, now called the EAP To resolve the arrears crisis, PULP was able to push for an open stakeholder workgroup to study and create an arrears resolution plan & program; a report was issued in May 2022 An implementation order will be issued Thursday, June 14, 2022 What we found was that normal CARS data was not sufficient to put together an arrears resolution plan; also, AMPs were not possible in the short term (see, Central Hudson I.T. crisis, etc.)
Arrears Resolution Plan: High Level The plan will proceed in two phases: phase I will retire/payoff all low-income program participant arrears to $0, not just incremental arrears Phase II will payoff all low-/fixed-/moderate-income residential consumers and small business consumers to $0 Note: this includes the $700+ million in Pre-Covid arrears Phase II should complete by end of 2022; PULP wanted Oct 1. More to Come
