WYSIWYG Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed Rory I. Lancman, Special Counsel for Ratepayer Protection at the New York State Department of Public Service, to commence and lead a municipalization feasibility study regarding Long Island s largest privately-owned water company, New York American Water Company, Inc. For far too long, the 120,000 customers of New York American Water on Long Island have been plagued by exorbitantly high rates for water - this simply cannot continue,
Governor Cuomo said. New York is immediately launching an effort to thoroughly study all options to reduce customer costs for this vital necessity and a basic right, including a public takeover. New Yorkers deserve access to clean, safe and affordable water and we are going to pursue every avenue to make that happen.
Con Edison Outlines Pathway To Climate Resiliency And Adaptation
Report Establishes Climate Change Projections For Company s Service Territory
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Con Edison is enhancing how it plans and designs its energy delivery systems to make New York City and Westchester County more resilient against the intensifying effects of climate change.
In a report issued today, Con Edison details how it will incorporate climate change into its planning, design, operations, and emergency response. The company has taken a more proactive and forward-looking approach to climate resiliency in recent years, building on its energy industry leadership on the issue.
ALBANY â The New York State Department of Public Service (Department), recently announced Charter Communications, Inc., conducting business as Spectrum, has agreed to remove 1,241 ineligible addresses that Charter had claimed toward meeting its 145,000 passings requirement, and to refund 100 customers who paid a connection fee, or else remove those addresses as well.
âInternet service is critical for families and businesses during these difficult times, so we must get broadband coverage to where itâs needed,â Department CEO John B. Rhodes remarked.
âOur staff is scrutinizing Spectrumâs compliance reports and performing field audits of their ongoing network expansion to ensure every address is eligible to count towards its regulatory obligation to serve an additional 145,000 homes and businesses in Upstate New York. If addresses are ineligible, they will be removed from the buildout plan making it possible for eligible unserved premises to be added, Rh
President and CEO, New York Power Authority
While New York won national acclaim last year for passing landmark climate change legislation, Gil Quiniones has spent nearly a decade pursuing ambitious green energy policies at the helm of the New York Power Authority. Besides running NYPA, a major energy producer and utility largely driven by hydropower, Quiniones has shaped the governor’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative, which aims to harness private markets and technological innovations to boost renewable energy and increased efficiency.
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Chairman, President and CEO; New York President, Con Edison
It will be the end of an era come January when John McAvoy resigns as president and CEO of Con Edison. McAvoy’s retirement reshuffles the top ranks of the influential utility, which is among the nation’s largest. Timothy Cawley, who leads Con Ed’s New York subsidiary, will succeed McAvoy as head of the parent corporation, while Matt Ketschke, a senior vice president,