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Headlines - 2007

• PUC Cracking Down on ‘Amish Taxi’ Drivers (December 30, 2007)
• Federal-State Universal Service Joint Board Staff Releases Monitoring Report (December 28, 2007)
• PUC Establishes Factors and Standards for Assessment of Fines for Violations of Public Utility Code and Commission Regulations in Litigated and Settled Proceedings [Final Policy Statement] (December 22, 2007)
• PUC Votes to Move Forward with Examination into Possible Change of Control of NFG (December 20, 2007)
• N.J. Sues Pa. Power Plant Over Pollution (December 20, 2007)
• FERC Launches Plans to Make Gas Markets Transparent, Monitor Price Formation (December 20, 2007)
• FTC Under Fire as Credit Bureaus Sell Consumers’ Data (December 17, 2007)
• Merck, Government Reach Settlement of CWA Violations (December 14, 2007)
• PUC to Electric, Natural Gas Utilities: Help Consumers to “Prepare Now” for the Higher Costs of Winter Heating (December 12, 2007)
• Implementation of the Public Utility Confidential Security Information Disclosure Protection Act (December 8, 2007)
• Energy Group Balks at Duquesne Light Pullout (December 6, 2007)
• FCC Addresses Verizon Forbearance Requests for Six Metropolitan Areas (December 4, 2007)
• FCC Proposes Extending the 5-Year Registration Period for the National Do-Not-Call Registry (December 4, 2007)
• FCC Examining Forbearance Petition Review Process (November 30, 2007)
• SEC Adopts Proxy Rule Amendments Encouraging Electronic Shareholder Forums (November 28, 2007)
• PUC Releases Autumn Edition of the “Keystone Connection” Report (November 27, 2007)
• Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Recommends Major USF Reform (November 20, 2007)
• Forbearance Squabble Heats Up (November 15, 2007)
• SEC Votes to Adopt Three Rules to Improve Regulation of Smaller Businesses (November 15, 2007)
• FCC Consents with Conditions to AT&T Acquisition of Dobson Communications Licenses and Authorizations (November 15, 2007)
• FERC to Make Filing Easier with Expansion of Electronic Filing System (November 15, 2007)
• Natural Gas Utilities, Suppliers and Experts Brief PUC on Reliability for Winter (November 8, 2007)
• PUC Appeals to DOE for Rehearing on National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor, Files Suit Against Designation in Civil Court (November 5, 2007)
• Traders Await Fed’s Final Steps, Turn an Eye Toward Election (November 5, 2007)
• Fed Cuts Rates by Quarter Point (October 31, 2007)
• FCC Expands Local Number Portability to VoIP (October 31, 2007)
• FCC Adopts Rules to Increase Choice and Competition Among Video Providers for Consumers Residing in Multiple Dwelling Units (October 31, 2007)
• FERC Grants Financial Institutions’ Utility Securities Acquisitions (October 18, 2007)
• Social Security Recipients Get 2.3 Percent Raise (October 17, 2007)
• State Grants to Fuel Alternative Energy Projects (October 17, 2007)
• 3rd Circuit Upholds FCC’s Deregulation of High-Speed Internet Access (October 16, 2007)
• Court Agrees with FCC on DSL Deregulation (October 16, 2007)
• PUC Chairman Joins State House Leaders to Offer Proposals to Stem Natural Gas Rate Increases and Provide Incentive to Repair Aging Infrastructure (October 16, 2007)
• FCC Consumer Advisory: Closed Captioning and Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes for Viewing Over-the-Air Programming on Analog Televisions (October 16, 2007)
• Power Firm Agrees to Record Pollution Cleanup (October 9, 2007)
• Clean Energy Can’t Meet Growing Demand (October 4, 2007)
• SEC Takes Another Bite Out of E-Mail Spam with Three More Trading Suspensions (October 4, 2007)
• PUC Disappointed with Federal Ruling on Transmission Corridors (October 2, 2007)
• DOE Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (October 2, 2007)
• CLECs Fight for Forbearance Reform (September 19, 2007)
• Time to Re-Register for Do-Not-Call List (September 14, 2007)
• PA Supreme Court Chief Justice to Step Down from Bench (September 12, 2007)
• FCC Puts ‘a la carte’ Cable on the Menu (September 10, 2007)
• Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Statement on Long Term, Comprehensive High-Cost Universal Service Reform (September 6, 2007)
• PUC Requests Comments on Proposed Changes to Customer Assistance Programs (August 30, 2007)
• PUC Initiates Rulemaking to Permit Electronic Filing (August 30, 2007)
• FCC Takes Further Action to Safeguard Universal Service Fund From Risk of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse (August 29, 2007)
• FCC Approves CTC-Windstream Deal (August 16, 2007)
• Shocking Electricity Prices Follow Deregulation (August 10, 2007)
• PUC Commissioner Terrance J. Fitzpatrick Resigning (August 9, 2007)
• PUC Issues Finale Rulemaking on Interexchange Telecommunications Carriers and Service (August 8, 2007)
• Policy Makers Seek Stronger E911 Solutions for VoIP (August 7, 2007)
• PUC Releases Summer Edition of Keystone Connection Report (August 7, 2007)
• PPL Considers 2 Plant Additions (August 3, 2007)
• PA Supreme Court to Decide the Future of Verizon, MCI Merger (July 30, 2007)
• SEC Gives Regulatory Approval for NASD and NYSE Consolidation (July 26, 2007)
• SEC Debating Shareholder Proposals(July 25, 2007)
• PUC Initiates Rulemaking Process to Revise Net Metering and Interconnection Regulations to Reflect Amendments to Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (July 25, 2007)
• Warning: Beware Unsolicited Trademark Services
• Court Says NE Pa. Businessman Can Keep Slots License (July 14, 2007)
• Furloughs Loom Amid Stalled Talks (July 8, 2007)
• PUC Urges US Dept. of Energy to Withdraw Proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor for Mid-Atlantic Region (July 6, 2007)
• Schools Cast About for New Diversity Plans (July 6, 2007)
• Arranging Intrastate Trips for Compensation Requires PUC Authority (June 29, 2007)
• FCC Declares Carrier Call Blocking Unlawful Self-Help Remedy in Access Charge Dispute (June 28, 2007)
• Governor Rendell Announces Confirmations of Public Utility Commissioners (June 27, 2007)
• Lawmakers Ask for Natural Gas Regulation (June 24, 2007)
• SEC Eyeing First Revision of Sarbanes-Oxley Rules (June 22, 2007)
• Element of Rendell Energy Plan Passes State House (June 21, 2007)
• PUC Extends Fuel Surcharge for the Passenger Motor Carrier Industry (June 21, 2007)
• Penn National Gaming Accepts Takeover Bid (June 16, 2007)
• PUC Officer Says Electric Competition Is Here to Stay (June 6, 2007)
• Governor Rendell Announces Nominations to PUC (June 1, 2007)
• SEC Approves New Guidance for Compliance with Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley (May 23, 2007)
• Tyco to Pay $3 Billion in Settlement (May 16, 2007)
• FTC Can’t Block Sale of Natural Gas Firm (May 15, 2007)
• Sprint Sues to Halt Dial-In Services (May 8, 2007)
• Avoiding the Knee-Jerk in Insurance Policy Interpretation (May 4, 2007)
• Labor to Better Disclose 401(k) Fees (April 24, 2007)
• PUC Approves Agreement for Equitable Resources to Purchase Dominion Peoples (April 13, 2007)
• PUC Seeks Comment on Developing Regulations to Safeguard Confidential Security Information (April 13, 2007)
• PUC Clarifies Application of New Rules to Consumer Complaints (April 13, 2007)
• PUC Releases Winter/Spring 2007 Edition of Keystone Connection (April 5, 2007)
• SEC Commissioners Endorse Improved Sarbanes-Oxley Implementation to Ease Small Company Burdens (April 4, 2007)
• FCC Strengthens Privacy Rules to Prevent Pretexting (April 2, 2007)
• Pennsylvania’s Two Largest Health Insurers to Merge (March 28, 2007)
• FCC Classifies Wireless Broadband as “Information Service” (March 23, 2007)
• FCC to Explore Net Neutrality (March 22, 2007)
• PUC OKs Settlement Agreement for Citizens Communications Co. Purchase of Commonwealth Telephone Co. (March 1, 2007)
• Investor-Owned Water Utilities Could Play Key Role In Resolving Nation's Water Infrastructure Needs (February 21, 2007)
• PUC Ordered to Reconsider Verizon-MCI Merger Issue (February 21, 2007)
• FCC Announces Details for Public Hearing on Media Ownership in Harrisburg (February 16, 2007)
• Governor Rendell Unveils Energy Independence Strategy (February 1, 2007)