Residents and local officials spent two days last week telling the New York State Department of Public Service (NYSDPS) that under no uncertain terms should Con Edison be given permission to increase electric and gas rates again in 2026.
The virtual hearings held April 8 and 9 drew the ire of many who maintained Con Edison’s petition to the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to raise electric rates by 18% and residential delivery charges by 25% and natural gas delivery rates by 19% was nothing more than corporate greed.
“This to me is corporate greed and theft and they shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it,” remarked Mt. Pleasant resident Kal Salim. “This is basically gutting the middle class. This is preposterous. This is incredibly insane.”…