New York to Scale Back Key Energy Affordability Program

New York to Scale Back Key Energy Affordability Program

Governor Kathy Hochul has made energy affordability a centerpiece of her political platform this year, blasting proposed utility rate hikes and even promising to “slow down” implementation of the state’s climate law over the concern that the clean energy transition is costing New Yorkers too much. But Hochul’s administration is slashing an energy affordability program that was once a priority for the governor, New York Focus has learned. The Emp…