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Public Power NY Coalition Responds to Hochul’s Budget

Albany, New York – Today Governor Kathy Hochul announced that her budget proposal includes aspects of the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA), a widely popular piece of legislation that passed the Senate last year. Hochul’s plan allows the New York Power Authority to build renewable energy and requires the DPS to provide some discount for low-income New Yorkers, but fails to include key labor provisions and other critical elements of BPRA that will ensure access to affordable clean energy, create good union jobs, and provide a safer, secure future for New York families. Read more

  • Public Power NY Coalition Responds to Hochul’s Budget

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2020Contact: info@publicpowerny.org Aaron Eisenberg, (914)980-9117 Albany, New York – Today Governor Kathy Hochul announced that her budget proposal includes aspects of the Build Public Renewables Act… Read More »Public Power NY Coalition Responds to Hochul’s Budget

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  • Public Power NY Calls on Speaker Carl Heastie to Convene Special Climate Session August 3 to Pass Build Public Renewables Act

    Last Thursday, July 28, the New York State Assembly conducted a marathon public hearing on the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA). The testimony overwhelmingly supported the bill. On the first two panels, seven of the eight speakers, including a member of the Nobel Prize-winning International Panel on Climate Change, testified to the urgent need for the Build Public Renewables Act and to charge the New York Power Authority with building clean, renewable, affordable power generation if and when it is clear that private developers are unable to meet the demand. 

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  • Public Power NY Responds to Speaker Carl Heastie on Long Island

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  July 21, 2022 Contact: info@publicpowerny.org Aaron Eisenberg, (914)980-9117 Last night, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie joined Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Steve Englebright for an environmental community forum … Read More »Public Power NY Responds to Speaker Carl Heastie on Long Island

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  • Public Power NY Responds to Governor Hochul

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  July 6, 2022 Contact: info@publicpowerny.org Aaron Eisenberg, (914)980-9117 Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law three climate bills. These three climate bills were not included in the… Read More »Public Power NY Responds to Governor Hochul

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  • Public Power NY Responds to West Virginia v. EPA Decision

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  June 30th, 2022 Contact: info@publicpowerny.org Aaron Eisenberg, (914)980-9117 Today, the Supreme Court continued their weeklong assault on democracy by limiting the power of the Federal Government to… Read More »Public Power NY Responds to West Virginia v. EPA Decision

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