Send a letter against a 35% utility rate increase

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Dear friend,

Do you think that ordinary New Yorkers should pay 35% more in utility bills to RG&E and NYSEG than we already do?

Well, the companies sure do. And they’re asking the state to let them do it.

That’s why last week, we joined the Public Utility Law Project, AARP, Fossil Free Tompkins, and Climate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region to file a motion demanding that regulators dismiss the exorbitant rate hike requests by RG&E and NYSEG.
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Normally, a utility files for a rate hike and goes through a series of hearings called a rate case to determine if, and how much it will go up (and it almost always goes up).

But this time, they messed up. The same negligence behind NYSEG & RG&E’s billing errors extends their own filing for a rate hike. It’s so riddled with errors, unjustified capital expenditures, and lacking in basic info that it cannot be accepted.

NYSEG & RG&E are both subsidiaries of Avangrid, a multibillion dollar corporation. If they can’t even be bothered to provide the fiscal information required by law, our State regulators should not entertain their exorbitant request.

But while we’re confident we have the law behind us, that’s not enough. We need people power too.
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So write to our regulators and the Governor and tell them: Strike the hike! ([link removed]) Because before they can even ask to raise our bills, these companies need to figure out their own.

In Solidarity,

Alliance For A Green Economy

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