Poor families and elderly people would be more vulnerable to freezing to death if a legislative proposal allowing Iowa’s electric utilities to use prepaid meters is approved, according to advocates for the state’s poor.
House Study Bill 158 would allow for the metering systems and allow companies to grant automatic termination once the customer’s prepaid limit has been reached.
Is a policy analyst consultant for TCAP, a coalition of political subdivisions in Texas that purchase electricity in the deregulated market for their own governmental use. Because energy costs are typically a significant budget item to our members, TCAP is consistently looking for ways to save our members money, through cost-saving contracts, energy efficiency or demand response programs.