A summary and hope for a Universal Service Program- March 4 2022

Mar 4, 2022
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What is a Universal Service Program?

A four part program to ensure low income households can afford the electricity they need. Electricity is an essential service. It must be universally accessible regardless of income. This is what is meant by a Universal Service Program (USP).
Recommended by the Affordable Energy Coalition for over 17 years, since 2004, including 2 presentations to the NS Utility and Review Board.
Used in many US jurisdictions for electricity.
The concept could be expanded to include all household energy use.

How would a Universal Service Program work? It would have 4 parts:

To read the full version of this document, please click on the PDF below.

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