NYC Con Edison customers protest rate hikes, call on state leaders to intervene

NYC Con Edison customers protest rate hikes, call on state leaders to intervene

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Con Edison customers rallied in Union Square Friday, voicing their opposition to the company’s plan to increase electricity and gas bills, if approved by the state. Demonstrators say the proposed rate hikes would devastate working-class New Yorkers. They are urging state leaders to stop the rate hikes and invest in a publicly driven energy system that lowers costs, meets climate goals, improves air quality, and creates green u…

National Grid deal would hike NY electric and gas rates by 20% over 3 years

Syracuse, N.Y. – National Grid today unveiled a proposed rate settlement with New York regulators that would increase a typical household’s electric and gas bill by $22 a month starting in September.