I added up the decisions that helped push New York electric bills to about 70% above the national average and handed out “awards” for the worst ones. One name appeared more than any other: @KathyHochul.
Here’s the scorecard.
The two biggest belong to Andrew Cuomo: closing Indian Point, which increased reliance on fossil fuels and added hundreds of millions in costs, and blocking major gas pipelines that worsened supply bottlenecks and winter price spikes.
#3 belongs to Albany democrats: the hidden property tax that makes up roughly a quarter of a Con Ed bill and that Albany still refuses to fix.
But when it comes to costly decisions, Hochul takes the prize:
- Canceling transmission projects that would have brought cheaper power into NYC
- A failed offshore wind strategy that came back more expensive
- Retiring power plants before replacements were ready
- New gas restrictions and carbon-pricing policies without affordability protections
- Continuing a grid rebuild with no limit on what ratepayers pay
Five of the eight major decisions have her fingerprints on them. That’s not bad luck, that’s a record.
New Yorkers deserve leaders who understand affordability. We invented the modern electric grid here when Edison powered Lower Manhattan in 1882. We helped light the world. Today, we’re leading the nation in electric bills. We can do better.
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