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Headlines - 2010

• Rendell Urges Special Session on Transportation Gap (July 20, 2010)
• Harrisburg, Pa., Controller Floats Alternative to Bankruptcy (July 16, 2010)
• PUC Seeks Comments on Proposed Rulemaking to Bring Safety Regulations in Line with Federal Pipeline Safety Program (July 15, 2010)
• PUC Approves Overlay for 570 Area Code (July 15, 2010)
• PUC Seeks Comments on Interim Marketing, Sales Practice Guidelines for Electric Generation, Natural Gas Suppliers (July 15, 2010)
• Taxable TOBs Take the Stage (July 12, 2010)
• Pennsylvania’s Rendell Signs $28B Budget for FY 2011 (July 7, 2010)
• Harrisburg, Pa., May Tap FAs for RFP to Deal with Incinerator Debt Issue (July 1, 2010)
• Broadband Availability to Expand (June 27, 2010)
• Stimulus Bond Program Has Unforseen Costs (June 15, 2010)
• Boscola and Cawley Announce Work to Reform Electricity Pricing (June 15, 2010)
• PUC Releases Agenda for June 16 En Banc Hearing on Marcellus Shale Jurisdictional Issues (June 11, 2010)
• IRS Backtracks on Auditing Up to Half of All BAB Deals (June 3, 2010)
• PUC Updates Technical Reference Manual Used to Assess Energy Savings Attributable to Energy Efficiency, Demand Side Response Measures (June 3, 2010)
• PUC Approves Clean Power Markets as Administrator of the Alternate Energy Credits Program (June 3, 2010)
• House Approves BAB Extension, Subsidy Shrinkage (June 1, 2010)
• IRS to Audit Hundreds of BAB Deals (May 27, 2010)
• SEC Approves Rule Changes to Enhance Municipal Securities Disclosure (May 26, 2010)
• Issuers Should Track BABs (May 26, 2010)
• Harrisburg Authority Will Miss $3.2M Payment to Bondholders (May 25, 2010)
• Communications Law to be Reviewed (May 24, 2010)
• Floating-Rate Debt Faces a Liquidity Issue (May 21, 2010)
• PUC Approves No Change to Telecommunications Relay Service Charge (May 20, 2010)
• Electric Utilities and Electric Grid Managers Highlight Reliability for Summer Months (May 20, 2010)
• PUC Provides Information on Second Special Hearing to Examine Marcellus Shale Jurisdictional Issues (May 20, 2010)
• Pennsylvania DEP, Gas Companies Talk About Drilling Regulations in Light of Marcellus Shale-related Boom (May 13, 2010)
• FCC Weights Plan to Warn of High Cellphone Bill (May 11, 2010)
• Electric Utilities, Suppliers and Experts to Brief PUC on Reliability for Summer (May 10, 2010)
• Keystone State Talks Swaps (May 6, 2010)
• FCC Proposes Rules on Internet Access (May 6, 2010)
• Gov. Rendell Is Full of Ideas – Aims to Fill PA’s Transportation Gap (May 5, 2010)
• Pennsylvania Shortfall Deepens; Rendell Eyes Revise of FY2011 (May 4, 2010)
• Pennsylvania Sets Hearing on Bill to Ban Localities’ Use of Swaps (April 29, 2010)
• Harrisburg to Issue RFQ for Financial Advisers (April 28, 2010)
• Treasury Offers Interim Tax-Credit Bond Guidance (April 27, 2010)
• Harrisburg Council to Hear Pros & Cons of Bankruptcy (April 27, 2010)
• PUC Hears from Consumer Advocates, Industry, Federal Government on Marcellus Shale Jurisdictional Issues, Announces Plans for Second Hearing (April 22, 2010)
• CenturyTel to Acquire Qwest in $10.6 Billion Deal (April 22, 2010)
• Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation Outlines 25-Year Rail Plan (April 21, 2010)
• TOB or Not to Be: Time for a Comeback? (April 20, 2010)
• PUC Releases Updated Estimates Comparing Current Market Prices with Capped Electric Generation Prices (April 16, 2010)
• Harrisburg Council Beefs Up Agency Board to Deal with Debt (April 15, 2010)
• PUC Appoints Rosemary Chiavetta as Secretary of Commission (April 15, 2010)
• PUC Seeks Comment on Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Recording Customer Communications (April 15, 2010)
• Harrisburg Mayor Talks Debt Fix (April 14, 2010)
• PUC Releases Agenda for April 22 En Banc Hearing on Marcellus Shale Jurisdictional Issues (April 8, 2010)
• Pennsylvania Governor Seeks Special Budget Session as FHWA Rejects Toll (April 7, 2010)
• U.S. Court Curbs FCC Authority on Web Traffic (April 6, 2010)
• Fitch Recalibrates 38,000-Plus Ratings (April 6, 2010)
• PUC Provides Additional Information on Special Hearing to Examine Marcellus Shale Jurisdictional Issues (March 26, 2010)
• House OKs Bill With BAB Extension (March 25, 2010)
• Fitch Will Revise Its Municipal Credit Ratings In April (March 25, 2010)
• Treasury Offers Strip Guidance (March 24, 2010)
• Obama Signs BABified Jobs Bill (March 19, 2010)
• Moody’s Moving to Global Muni Scale (March 17, 2010)
• Treasury, Education Departments Release QSCB Allocations (March 17, 2010)
• FCC Questioned on Its Far-Reaching Plan to Expand Broadband Access (March 16, 2010)
• Jobs Bill Would Extend BABs for 3 Years (March 16, 2010)
• Is the Recession Really Over for Telcos? (March 15, 2010)
• Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly (March 14, 2010)
• Proposed USF Reforms Could Threaten Small Telcos (March 11, 2010)
• PUC Announces Special Hearing to Examine Marcellus Shale Jurisdictional Issues (March 11, 2010)
• Harrisburg Budget Lacks Debt Service (March 11, 2010)
• PUC Releases Winter Edition of the ‘Keystone Connection’ Report (March 10, 2010)
• Harrisburg Mayor Vetoes Budget Over Lack of Debt Service (March 8, 2010)
• FCC Broadband Plan To Reach All U.S. Homes by 2020 Without More Money (March 3, 2010)
• PUC Begins Review of Competitive Safeguards for Electric Industry, Customers (February 25, 2010)
• Market Shakes Head Over Muni-Killer Bill (February 24, 2010)
• Wyden-Gregg Bill Would End Tax-Exempts (February 24, 2010)
• AGM: Harrisburg Agency Can Pay (February 17, 2010)
• Consumers Watch Their Bills as Utilities Get Smart (February 17, 2010)
• Harrisburg Could Miss $2M Debt-Service Payment (February 16, 2010)
• PUC Increases Enforcement in Marcellus Shale Counties (February 12, 2010)
• FirstEnergy to Buy Power Rival Allegheny (February 12, 2010)
• A Move to ‘BABify’ Programs (February 12, 2010)
• Rendell Serves Up $29B Budget (February 10, 2010)
• New BAB Goal: Revenue-Neutrality (February 9, 2010)
• Obama Floats BAB Extension (February 2, 2010)
• A Call to Stop Swaps (February 1, 2010)
• BABs Costlier Than Predicted, CBO Says (January 27, 2010)
• PUC Releases Updated Estimates Comparing Current Market Prices with Capped Electric Generation Prices (January 26, 2010)
• Tax-Credit Debt Fades to BABs?  (January 26, 2010)
• FCC Vote Could Give TV Viewers Choices (January 21, 2010)
• FCC Looks at Ways to Assert Authority over Web Access (January 15, 2010)
• PUC Issues Proposed Policy Statement, Rulemaking Regarding Default Service and Retail Electric Markets for Comment (January 14, 2010)
• Milestone BAB Sale on Tap (January 11, 2010)
• Pennsylvania’s Rendell Signs Table-Games Bill; State Gets Balanced Budget (January 8, 2010)
• New Bills May Block Tax-Credit Stripping (January 7, 2010)