NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES Resolution No. 2007-10 URGING REFORM OF “THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION” Whereas, “slamming” is the practice of changing a consumer’s telecommunications service provider without authorization; and Whereas, the practice has been a profitable business for [...]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES Resolution No. 2007-09 URGING REFORM OF THE FORBEARANCE PROCESS Whereas, Section 10(a) of the Telecommunications Act (47 U.S.C. § 160(a)) includes a three-part test that governs whether the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) shall [...]
The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Resolution 2007- 12 Reaffirming and Providing Direction For NASUCA’s Participation in EPA’s Total Coliform Rule/Distribution System Federal Advisory Committee WHEREAS, in July, 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened the [...]
The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Resolution 2007-08 Urging Congress to Close the “Enron Loophole” in the Commodities Exchange Act to Permit the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to Have Regulatory Authority Over All Natural Gas Exchanges WHEREAS, The [...]
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES RESOLUTION 2007-13 Urging FERC to Expand its Investigation of Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets to Include Consideration Whether Rates Established in RTO/ISO Markets are Just and Reasonable Whereas, the Federal Power Act Section [...]
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES RESOLUTION 2007-04 RESOLUTION ON GLOBAL WARMING WHEREAS, NASUCA has been on record since 1990 as acknowledging that, based on reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there was “a growing [...]
The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Resolution 2007- 02 CALLING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DATABASE TO IDENTIFY OWNERS AND CONTROLLERS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS THAT VIOLATE STATE LAWS WHEREAS, Telecommunications carriers operate in an industry subject to a [...]
The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Resolution 2007- 03 CALLING FOR FCC REEXAMINATION OF WIRELESS CARRIERS’ EARLY TERMINATION FEES WHEREAS, Commercial mobile radio service (“CMRS” or “wireless”) providers typically require customers to sign service contracts that obligate customers [...]
The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Resolution 2007-05 TELEPHONE CUSTOMER PRIVACY Whereas, the business of providing telecommunications services requires and enables telecommunications carriers to engage in full-time monitoring of their subscribers’ private communications; Whereas, telecommunications customers have a [...]
The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Resolution 2007- 06 SUPPORTING SOFT DIAL TONE REQUIREMENTS WHEREAS, E911 emergency access has become a critically important service that is relied upon by millions of Americans; WHEREAS, E911 service serves, on a [...]