Regarding “At a low-key hearing on rate hikes, National Grid has as many corporate friends as critics” (Sept. 18, 2024):. I write in strong opposition to National Grid’s excessively high proposed electric and gas rate increase. With regard to their Sept. 18, 2024, presentation at the Clay Town Hall, the testimony of National Grid beneficiaries is, simply put, no justification for an exorbitant rate increase.