New Yorkers’ electricity bills are some of the highest and fastest-rising in the country. The reason is decades of fossil fuel dependence. Gas and fuel oil prices are controlled by corporations and foreign markets, and every spike gets passed right on to us.
New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) to change that. It's working to bring more clean, locally-produced energy that doesn't spike when natural gas prices do or when the price of a barrel of oil jumps 40% over the weekend.
A fossil fuel-backed group has asked the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) to hold a hearing that could weaken New York's clean energy law. We have until May 1st to tell the PSC: Deny their petition!
They're framing it as being about reliability and costs. But the communities that have fought the longest for cleaner air and lower bills know the truth: that petition is about protecting fossil fuel profits, not protecting us.
Submit your comment urging the PSC to deny this attempt by the fossil fuel industry to weaken the climate law.
The CLCPA is the law, and we need it to help lower our energy bills. It should not be paused by a back-door petition.
