Public Power is the Solution!
More Ways to Protect New York’s Future
Public Hearing for Public Power: Join In Person on Tuesday, Sept 9!
New Yorkers strongly support public renewables to meet our climate goals, lower utility bills, create thousands of green union jobs, and close super-polluting peaker plants, That’s why we passed the Build Public Renewables Act in 2023, and why we packed public hearings last year to demand that Governor Hochul built 15 gigawatts (GW) by 2030–the minimum needed to meet CLCPA goals and power 12 million homes.
All of YOUR pressure forced the New York Power Authority to take action, more than doubling its initial plan for 3.3 GW to 7 GW. We’re now in a new public comment period, and we need to demonstrate that we won’t back down until we secure the 15 GW we need. Here are two actions you can take to stop the Governor from stalling on public renewables:
Submit a comment using Public Power New York’s easy-to-use tool. It takes 30 seconds but will make a big difference!
2. Join us for a People’s Hearing on Public Renewables on Tuesday, September 9, at 6:30 at the First Unitarian church in downtown Brooklyn!
NYPA is refusing to hold any in-person hearings this year, following our massive turnout last year, so we’ve stepped up to organize our own. We’ll hear from public renewables organizers, Environmental Justice groups, union representatives, and New Yorkers like you who want to testify. It’s a chance to learn more about the need for public power, have your voice heard, and meet like-minded neighbors.
EXPOSED: National Grid’s Lobby Firm Manipulates Businesses to Back Williams Pipeline That Harms Local Families & Businesses Keep The Comments Coming!
A recent article by investigative journalist Colin Kinniburgh at NY Focus reveals that National Grid is using its multibillion-dollar power to push the Williams pipeline. Recent filings at the PSC, the agency responsible for regulating utilities to protect New Yorkers, were drafted or heavily guided by National Grid’s lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig, with identical wording and even “[INSERT PARTY]” placeholders revealing National Grid’s work behind the scenes. Some of the filers acknowledge being approached by National Grid, illustrating how an enormous utility is able to influence local voices.
The Bigger Picture: Why Williams and Greenpoint LNG Are the Same Battle Join our Special Climate Month Fossil Fuel Walking Tour Sun, Sept 7
Currently, National Grid, a UK-based corporation operating as a local utility, is has submitted its long-term gas plan as mandated by the State of New York to align all gas utilities with the 2019 groundbreaking climate law. Yet, Nat Grid’s plan ignores New York’s our law, doubles down on toxic sites like the Greenpoint LNG facility, located in the heart of North Brooklyn, next to homes, businesses, and playgrounds. Now, it wants to harm us further by pushing to include the triple-denied Williams NESE pipeline.
We already pay for this pollution every month through our utility bills. And unless we act now, we’ll be locked into paying billions more for decades of damage to our health and the climate for gas we don’t even need.
Why This Tour Matters:
Join us for a special edition of our walking tour focused on CLIMATE MONTH and help us shut down dangerous fossil fuel sites and build the energy future we need—one rooted in thermal energy networks, community solar, and energy efficiency, not fracked gas.
Additionally, take action on legislation that would reverse a rule requiring us to pay an extra charge to the gas industry, allowing it to expand its customer base.
We Won’t Pay to Be Poisoned.
This is about climate justice. It’s about our health, our neighborhoods, and our future.
The Public Service Commission and Governor Hochul must act now to enforce our state climate law, reject gas expansion, and put New Yorkers, not corporate shareholders, at the center of energy decisions.
Walk with us. Learn. Build power.
Let’s make it clear: Climate justice means shutting down the Greenpoint LNG facility & stopping the Williams pipeline.
Let’s transform the 120 acres where the LNG depot is sited into something that truly serves the community.
Thanks for helping us to build the sane energy future we want to see in New York.
With all our love,
Kim, Elliot, Jeanne, Mike, JK, and Claire