Utilities

An A/C unit sat in the window of a Washington Heights tenement building.

Federal Cuts Shrink Heating and AC Aid Program, Leaving New Yorkers in the Cold

April 15, 2025, 1:10 p.m.April 15, 2025, 1:31 p.m.

Federal staff cuts and delayed funding limit access to the Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps over a million people across the state pay bills and get air conditioning units.

Gov. Kathy Hochul shows at her Midtown office a letter she sent to the state Public Service Commission about rejecting Con Ed's rate hike proposal.

Utilities

Con Ed Wants to Raise Your Bill — Again

Feb. 11, 2025, 4:21 p.m.Feb. 12, 2025, 11:03 a.m.

A proposed $2 billion rate hike has Gov. Hochul demanding a redo, and the utility giant says rising property taxes and other costs necessitate higher charges to energy consumers.

Con Edison

Meter Mix-Ups Shock Con Ed Customers

June 18, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 18, 2024, 11:39 a.m.

Inexplicable charges and sudden swings in energy usage can provide clues that the billing is for the wrong consumers.

Environment

National Grid Wants to Heat More Homes With Converted Food Waste — and Make You Pay For It

May 22, 2024, 5:00 a.m.May 22, 2024, 8:15 a.m.

The utility is seeking a rate hike as it plans to pipe more gas into homes made from some of the organic material New Yorkers are putting curbside.

Workers install an electric heat pump inside an apartment at a pre-war Brooklyn Heights building.

Climate Change

Jolt of Reality: What It Takes for One Brooklyn Co-op Building to Electrify

April 25, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 24, 2024, 5:11 p.m.

Even with rebates and resident expertise, the price tag is up to $40,000 per apartment. Shareholders say it’ll be worth it as new mandates loom.

Con Edison

Storms, Heat Waves and Car Crashes: Inside Con Ed’s Summer Emergency Drill

June 5, 2023, 5:00 a.m.June 2, 2023, 6:14 p.m.

Anticipating possible storms and heat waves that strain the electrical grid, the utility company ran a simulation of a disruptive event to practice its response.

Health

As Heat and Utility Bills Rise, Expensive Electricity Becomes Health Risk

June 1, 2022, 8:15 p.m.June 2, 2022, 10:14 a.m.

Electric bills were already going up in the winter, but the summer is traditionally the season when prices soar even higher. Some New Yorkers have to make the choice between staying cool and staying fed.

Utilities

With Prices Up Everywhere, Water Bills On the Rise, Too

May 22, 2022, 9:19 p.m.May 22, 2022, 9:19 p.m.

The Department of Environmental Protection has floated the biggest rate hike since 2014. The public is invited to weigh in two days this week.

Public Safety

Every Volt Counts: City Finding Less Stray Electricity, But Dogs Keep Getting Shocked

April 18, 2022, 9:54 p.m.April 19, 2022, 11:20 a.m.

A jolt of stray electricity killed Lida Bilokur’s beloved service dog Lala in January when the Great Dane-boxer mix stepped on a charged metal plate, squealed in agony and collapsed on a cobblestone path in Brooklyn. “She was part of my family and she’s gone — and that’s it,” said Bilokur, 31, whose friend had […]

Utilities

State Approves Massive Electricity Transmission Lines to Power Climate Goals

April 14, 2022, 7:46 p.m.April 16, 2022, 10:49 a.m.

One line will bring down dam-generated electricity from Quebec, and another will feed the city with solar, wind and hydropower-created juice from Upstate. Without them, state and city climate targets were merely a pipe dream.

Utilities

Federal Cuts Shrink Heating and AC Aid Program, Leaving New Yorkers in the Cold

Con Ed Wants to Raise Your Bill — Again

Meter Mix-Ups Shock Con Ed Customers

National Grid Wants to Heat More Homes With Converted Food Waste — and Make You Pay For It

Jolt of Reality: What It Takes for One Brooklyn Co-op Building to Electrify

Storms, Heat Waves and Car Crashes: Inside Con Ed’s Summer Emergency Drill

As Heat and Utility Bills Rise, Expensive Electricity Becomes Health Risk

With Prices Up Everywhere, Water Bills On the Rise, Too

Every Volt Counts: City Finding Less Stray Electricity, But Dogs Keep Getting Shocked

State Approves Massive Electricity Transmission Lines to Power Climate Goals

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