Current Initiatives

CPA is currently working on the following issues:

• Electric and Steam gas rate filings – developing reasonable approaches to steam demand rates and holding Con Edison’s massive electric increase in line.
• Keyspan / National Grid Merger – ensuring that the new corporate structure benefits consumers and eliminates market power concerns.
• Power for Jobs – extending enabling legislation that expires in June 2008.
• Economic Development Programs – ensuring that if Power for Jobs is not renewed, a suitable, comprehensive program for CPA members will be established.
• In City Mitigation of ICAP – working with the NYISO to ensure fair and equitable capacity rates are applied to both consumers and generators.
• Demand Response – supporting proposal to change emergency generation rules to enable participation in demand response programs.
• Business Incentive Rate for Non-profit Bio-medical Research institutions – working to add additional allocation of Con Edison BIR power.
• Retail Access – developing supply portfolio standards.
• Slamming – investigating slamming instances experienced by CPA members.