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Balanced energy solutions.

The time to speak up is now.

Right now, downstate lawmakers are once again pushing to pass the NY HEAT Act, which threatens to make energy less affordable and less reliable for consumers, particularly in colder regions like Western New York, by discontinuing gas service and forcing electrification.

If enacted, NY HEAT would:

• Empower the Public Service Commission, an unelected body appointed by the governor, to begin discontinuing gas service to entire neighborhoods starting in 2030.
• Force customers to convert their homes from gas to all-electric, at an estimated cost of $20,000 - $50,000 per household, with no form of relief from these transition costs.
• Provide no reimbursement for your existing natural gas appliances (i.e., furnaces, back-up home generators) that can no longer be used.
• Cap energy bills at 6% of total income for low- and moderate-income households without clarity on how, or by whom, costs beyond the cap would be paid. If this shortfall is passed on to the remaining customers, approximately 75% of NY households could incur a $544 annual increase in energy bills as a result.
• Threaten the current 99.9% reliability of the gas system – due to the interconnected nature of the gas system, when one neighborhood’s gas system is disconnected it will inevitably impact the reliability of the gas service provided to adjacent neighborhoods.

Simply put, the NY HEAT Act would have significant negative impacts on energy consumers across New York State, hitting colder regions like Western New York the hardest.

But it’s not too late to make your voice heard. Tell Governor Hochul that you reject the NY HEAT Act and any other plan that seeks to abruptly electrify homes and businesses without assuring affordability and reliability for all consumers.