King Cuomo's campaign against affordable energy claims all of Upstate as its next victim...
Syracuse.com (7/31/20) reports: "Syracuse, N.Y. -- National Grid asked state regulators Friday for permission to raise electricity and gas delivery prices for its Upstate New York customers by $142 million starting July 2021. If approved, residential electricity customers would see an average bill increase of 4%, or $3.43 a month. Residential gas customers would see their bills rise an average of 6%, or $4.53 a month. The filing starts an 11-month review process by the New York Public Service Commission. The company’s current three-year rate agreement expires March 31, 2021...He said rate increases are necessary to 'cover the costs of providing service and we must remain financially healthy to attract the necessary capital to finance our operations, which will lower costs for customers in the long run.' The rate increases would only impact energy delivery charges, not supply charges, on customer bills. National Grid buys electricity and natural gas from generators and suppliers and delivers them over its network to 1.6 million electricity customers and 600,000 gas customers across its Upstate New York service territory. Supply prices are set by the market, not National Grid."
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"You know, whereas Joe Biden and the Democrats propose policies that’ll stifle jobs and wages and energy, President Donald Trump and I are going to fight for a growing America. Less government, less taxes, less regulation, and more American energy."
– Vice President Mike Pence
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