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Ratner Will Increase Your Electric Bill. Shocking.
Hey New York, Bruce Ratner is going to increase your Con Edison bill. NY1
is reporting that at a state assembly hearing on a record Con Ed rate hike, ConEd
officials said that big projects such as "Atlantic Yards" are necessitating
a rate hike that will be at least 17%.
But that's news to the Empire State Development Corporation which shockingly said,
basically, "Atlantic Yards and the electric grid? No problem." In the
state's Environmental Impact Study for Atlantic Yards, completed last December
and now under litigation, the
Infrastructure
Chapter (11) stated:
The proposed project would increase demands on electricity
and gas. However, relative to the capacity of these systems and the current
levels of service within New York City, these increases in demand would be insignificant.
Improvements are also proposed by Consolidated Edison and Keyspan with respect
to the local electric and gas distribution grids that would improve service
to the project site. In addition, new electrical and gas lines are proposed
within the beds of streets that would be reconstructed as part of the proposed
project. It is therefore concluded that the demands of the proposed project
would not result in a significant impact on the supplies of electricity
and gas in the region or the City as a whole, and with the proposed
improvement to the distribution network, no impact would occur locally with
respect to electrical or gas utilities. For these reasons, the proposed
project is not expected to significantly adversely impact energy systems.
(emphasis added)
From NY1:
Tension's
High At Assembly Hearing Over Con Ed Rate Hike
Tension was high Wednesday between Con Edison and Queens politicians at
a State Assembly hearing over a proposed rate hike – the largest increase Con
Ed has ever proposed. NY1’s Michael Scotto filed the following report.
Con Edison says a proposed rate hike would jack up New Yorkers utility
bill by 17 percent, but one angry Queens politician argues the increase is more
like 36 percent.
No matter what the figure, both sides acknowledge the rate hike is the largest
Con Ed has ever put forward.
...
Con Ed came before a State Assembly committee to explain the rate hike. Officials
argued Wednesday the system is strapped and that massive projects like
the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn will burden the system even more...
(emphasis added)
Full
article | Video
Posted: 5.23.07
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