You Can Save $$$ – PUC Announces Upgrades to Electric Shopping Website PAPowerSwitch

Switching power is easier than ever.  You may be able to save money by switching your electric supplier. In Pennsylvania, you can choose the company that generates your electricity – also known as your electric supplier. This means that you have the power to switch to a competing supplier who can offer the lowest price or … Continue reading You Can Save $$$ – PUC Announces Upgrades to Electric Shopping Website PAPowerSwitch

Concerns on both sides when drafting a commercial lease for a medical marijuana business.

In the upcoming year, medical marijuana businesses will be applying for permits to conduct business in Pennsylvania as either a grower/processor or a dispensary. In my previous blog, I commented on how it may be significantly more costly to rent property for a medical marijuana business than a non-marijuana business as result of the risks … Continue reading Concerns on both sides when drafting a commercial lease for a medical marijuana business.

Got Gas? PA Collects Over $1 Billion for Gas Wells

Over the past five years, since the passage of Act 13 of 2012 and the inception of Pennsylvania’s unconventional gas well impact fee program, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has collected and distributed more than $1 billion to counties, municipalities and other organizations.   Extensive public information about Pennsylvania’s impact fee program is available on … Continue reading Got Gas? PA Collects Over $1 Billion for Gas Wells

A Proposal to Limit the Regulatory State

Readers of this blog are well aware of the extent to which individual liberties are constrained not only by laws passed by Congress but also by federal administrative agencies (like ATF but also including EPA, and any number of other examples).  For most of last week I was in Washington, D.C., attending a conference, where … Continue reading A Proposal to Limit the Regulatory State

PAPUC Commissioner Powelson Elected as President of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Congratulations to Pennsylvania's own Commissioner Powelson!  The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) Commissioner Robert F. Powelson has been elected as the next president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). He will serve a one-year term. “Since my first meeting in 2008, I have found NARUC to be an organization with a diversity … Continue reading PAPUC Commissioner Powelson Elected as President of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

New NIST Guide Helps Small Businesses Improve Cybersecurity

NIST provides guidance to help small businesses secure their data and information in the new publication, Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals. Small-business owners may think that they are too small to be victims of cyber hackers, but Pat Toth knows otherwise. Toth leads outreach efforts to small businesses on cybersecurity at the National Institute … Continue reading New NIST Guide Helps Small Businesses Improve Cybersecurity

FTC Offers Advice on How to Avoid and Respond to Ransomware Attacks

Following its recent workshop on Ransomware – malicious software that denies access to computer files until the victim pays a ransom – the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is offering tips on how consumers and businesses can protect devices and respond to ransomware. The FTC offers How to defend against ransomware to help consumers. Businesses can … Continue reading FTC Offers Advice on How to Avoid and Respond to Ransomware Attacks

November is Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month- How is your Security?

Our Nation's critical infrastructure provides essential services that underpin American society and sustain the American way of life. We know critical infrastructure as the power we use in our homes and businesses, the water we drink, the transportation systems that get us from place to place, the first responders and hospitals in our communities, the … Continue reading November is Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month- How is your Security?

717 Area Code adding 223 Overlay

November 9, 2016, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved a plan to implement an overlay for the 16-county region in Central Pennsylvania served by the 717 area code by adding 223. The new area code numbers will be assigned to new telephone numbers once the available supply of numbers in the current 717 area code are … Continue reading 717 Area Code adding 223 Overlay

New Locky Ransomware Phishing Attack: Credit Card Suspended And Suspicious Money Movements

Ransomware is an increasing plague.  We have seen that it can disproportionately impact individuals and small businesses which may be least prepared to protect themselves or respond to ransomware computer attacks.  Yesterday, Graham Cluley described the latest spam email flood trying to hold your computer files ransom for your hard-earned money. Please be extremely cautious … Continue reading New Locky Ransomware Phishing Attack: Credit Card Suspended And Suspicious Money Movements