{"id":5052,"date":"2025-02-11T09:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T14:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/?post_type=update&#038;p=5052"},"modified":"2025-04-07T21:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T01:48:21","slug":"governor-hochuls-utility-rate-hike-announcement-rings-hollow-new-yorkers-need-real-relief-through-the-ny-heat-act","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/governor-hochuls-utility-rate-hike-announcement-rings-hollow-new-yorkers-need-real-relief-through-the-ny-heat-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Hochul\u2019s Utility Rate Hike Announcement Rings Hollow New Yorkers Need Real Relief Through the NY HEAT Act"},"template":"","class_list":["post-5052","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-press-release","focus_tax-energy-justice"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":5221,"update_type":[366],"focus_area":[7],"authors":false,"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_links","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_hero_links":{"title":"","abstract":"","links":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 11, 2025<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact: Jama Joseph, (646) 951-1648, jama.joseph@weact.org<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>NEW YORK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - New York State Governor Kathy Hochul is finally acknowledging the energy affordability crisis, but today\u2019s announcement is nothing more than political theater. Calling on the Public Service Commission (PSC) to reject Con Edison\u2019s outrageous rate hike is a step in the right direction, but it does nothing to provide long-term relief for the millions of New Yorkers struggling to pay their utility bills.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Yorkers need real solutions. More than 2.5 million households across the state are forced to spend more than 6 percent of their income on energy bills, with some low-income families in New York City spending over 17 percent of their income just to keep the lights on. More than 1.2 million families are already two months or more behind on their bills, owing utilities over $1.3 billion. While she says \u201cthe <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cost of living is too damn high and New Yorkers need more money in their pockets,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governor Hochul\u2019s plan does nothing to address this crisis in a meaningful way.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the Governor is serious about tackling sky-high utility costs, she must work with the Legislature to pass the NY HEAT Act, a long-term solution for the state\u2019s energy affordability crisis. This bill would:<\/span>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop a plan to ensure New Yorkers most-in-need do not pay energy bills greater than 6 percent of household income.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ending the $200 million in subsidies ratepayers are forced to pay for\u00a0 new gas hookups, reducing the need for these attempts to massively raise our rates in the future.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expand access to energy efficiency and bill assistance programs, delivering lasting affordability.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE ACT calls on Governor Hochul to work with the State Senate and Assembly and pass the NY HEAT Act. We will be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weact.org\/event\/albany-advocacy-day\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Albany on March 4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to advocate for this legislation if she\u2019d like to learn more.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b># # #<\/b><\/p>\r\n<b>\r\n<\/b>WE ACT for Environmental Justice is a Northern Manhattan-based, membership-driven organization whose mission is to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and\/or low-income residents are meaningfully included in the development of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices. WE ACT has offices in New York and Washington, D.C. 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