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Know Your Utility Rights! - In light of recent utility rate price surges

  • Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Were you one of the thousands of New Yorkers who opened your electricity and gas bills and saw that they’d gone through the roof? Natural gas prices caused a shocking increase in our NYSEG gas and electric bills. Area HeatSmart programs and Fossil Free Tompkins are hosting this webinar with the Public Utility Law Project (PULP) who will give a presentation and answer your questions.

Click here to register for a Zoom link and phone-in option. 6:30-7:30pm

Please let your HeatSmart Campaign Director know of any accessibility needs a week in advance so we can try to accommodate. A call-in option is available along with slides to be emailed/mailed ahead of time.

Contact

Erica Herman
Campaign Director
heatsmartflxs@cornell.edu
(607) 535-7161 x3223

Location

This event is online

Last updated March 15, 2022

PUBLIC UTILITY LAW PROJECT AND COMMMUNITY GROUPS TO CO-HOST

“KNOW YOUR PUBLIC UTILITY RIGHTS” TRAINING

WHO: The Public Utility Law Project of New York (“PULP”), Eastern Southern Tier Poor People's Campaign (“PPC”), Fossil Free Tompkins, Get Your Greenback Tompkins, HeatSmart CNY, HeatSmart FLX North, HeatSmart FLX South, HeatSmart Tompkins/Chemung, HeatSmart Monroe, Network for a Sustainable Tomorrow (NEST), and MetroJustice

WHEN: Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30 PM (NYSEG Specific)
Thursday, March 17 at 6:30 PM (RGE Specific)

WHERE: Register for the NYSEG event here.

Register for the RGE event here.

BACKGROUND:

Millions of New Yorkers cannot afford their utility bills due to the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic, and that situation has worsened due to the recent New York State Electric and Gas (“NYSEG”) and Rochester Gas and Electric (“RGE”) “bill surge”. It’s critical that those residents – seniors, medically vulnerable, and the low-, fixed-, and moderate-income – can work to become financially stable without the worry of having necessary utility services like electric, heat or water terminated in the dead of winter.

We invite interested parties and the press to this virtual discussion on utility consumer rights in New York State. The Public Utility Law Project (“PULP”) has attorneys that will shine a light on how consumers behind on their utility bills can protect themselves from shutoffs and seek financial assistance. There will also be an opportunity at the end of the session for the audience to ask questions.

For assistance from PULP’s statewide hotline, please contact: (877) 669-2572.

PULP’s COVID-19 page with advice on consumer rights and tips for those in arrears during the pandemic is athttps://bit.ly/pulp-covid-19.

 

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