Lowering Utility Costs

Energy bills are too damn high.

Private utility companies like ConEd continue raising rates even as New Yorkers struggle to make ends meet, our energy infrastructure ages, and hundreds in our community deal with power outages.

New Yorkers deserve reliable energy at a price they can afford. That’s why Andrew has stood up to utility corporations and supporting our neighbors by voting to:

• Provide $1 billion in Protecting Our Wallets Energy Rebate (POWER) checks to help working-class and middle-class New Yorkers make ends meet. 

• Block utility companies from using money from utility bills for political lobbying.

• Limit certain rate increases based on the rate of inflation.

• Require utilities to return excess revenue back to ratepayers.

• Holding utility infrastructure projects to higher standards so New Yorkers aren’t on the hook for inflated costs.

• Pass the SUNNY Act, which let residents and small businesses install personal solar power to reduce energy costs.

These policies have helped, but Andrew knows we have much more to do to make utilities truly affordable for all New Yorkers. Andrew will continue to fight to…

• Prohibit utilities from shutting off service during extreme weather.

• Provide direct financial relief to ratepayers affected by utility misconduct,

• Automatically re-enroll eligible New Yorkers in the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP).