I voted NO on the CLCPA because we knew it was flawed.

Now, NYSERDA’s own report confirms it: the costs of these green energy mandates are exorbitant for everyday people and businesses of every size.

The report acknowledges:
-Upstate households could face an additional $4,100 in energy cost increases;
-Gasoline prices rising by another $2.23 per gallon; and
-Businesses facing a 13–46% increase in costs.

That is not affordable. It is not sustainable.

These mandates will hit working families, seniors on fixed incomes, farmers, manufacturers, and area businesses the hardest. 

A 13%–46% increase for commercial ratepayers will not stay on paper — it will ripple through our economy in the form of higher prices, fewer jobs, stalled expansion, and more pressure on local property and school taxes.

And this report underscores another serious problem: the greenhouse gas accounting method passed into law by Albany Democrats does not rely on widely accepted scientific standards.  What does that mean? 

Inflated emissions accounting leads to inflated mandates. Inflated mandates lead to inflated costs and higher taxes.

The question remains, what is it going to take to REPEAL the CLCPA and replace it with an energy policy that protects our environment without pricing working families, seniors and employers out of New York?

This new report doesn’t change my work. It only increases my drive to fight for repeal, affordability, and a realistic energy future for our state.