Author: Joyceline Kwarko
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Lawmakers, Advocates and Alarmed New Yorkers Rally for AI Data Center Moratorium Bill
“Communities across New York have been blindsided by data center proposals and they are furious. People who are struggling to pay their energy bills should not have to compete with Bitcoin mining operations and AI servers for power from the grid. The legislature can stop this right now with a moratorium and give communities the…
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New York Coalition Urges Regulators to Modernize Electric Rates to Unlock Clean Heat Affordability
From our Executive Director, Jessica Azulay: “Renters, lower income households, and families in multifamily buildings are bearing the biggest burden of this broken rate structure, and those are exactly the people who can least afford it. Massachusetts fixed this, and households saved $250 in a single winter. New York has no excuse for dragging its…
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New Report: New York Heat Pump Customers Overpay for Electricity Delivery Rates, Here’s how Utilities can Fix the Discrepancy
Utilities overcharge heat pump customers $855 per year, on average, for electric delivery rates; Utilities must create fair rates for heat pump customers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Joyceline Kwarko, joyceline@agreeny.org, (315) 313-5050 Nydia Gutiérrez, ngutierrez@earthjustice.org, (202) 302-7531 ALBANY, NY– Today, Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE) and Earthjustice released a report conducted by Switchbox, “Heat…