Tell Albany policymakers:
Energy choice matters.

It’s not too late to make your voice heard.
Tell Governor Hochul and Albany policymakers to reject any plan that removes your right to continued natural gas service.

Tell Albany policymakers – Energy choice matters. Pursue emissions reductions responsibly with a focus on reliability.

The push toward electrifying everything demands everyone’s attention.

Policies currently being debated in Albany, including the NY HEAT Act, could impact how Western New Yorkers live – and how employers power their operations.

If Albany requires us to heat our houses with electricity alone, such a transition could mean significant costs for consumers. This would include the cost of converting your home from gas to electric, which is estimated at $20,000 - $50,000 per household, not to mention the sizable expense for the electric grid buildout and substantial upgrades required for local electricity transmission and delivery systems.

But reliability might be an even greater concern. The push to replace natural gas service in homes and businesses in favor of electricity will require substantial upgrades to our grid infrastructure, as well as an unprecedented increase in renewable power generation. The push to electrify everything ahead of grid readiness is at best premature, and almost certain to make energy even more weather-sensitive and less reliable.

Simply put, we’re headed down the wrong path.