National Grid, a U.K.-based corporation, is proposing more money from Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island customers to expand its fracked gas system. An unprecedented rate increase will raise everyone’s bills in 2024 by an average of $30 a month and exponentially increase in 2025 and 2026, totaling about $67.00 more per month on your bill.

National Grid’s leaky, toxic gas system is putting us in debt, harming our health, and breaking New York climate law.

The gas systems should be RETIRED, NOT REPLACED! New York State law requires that we get off all fossil fuels by 2050 to mitigate the climate disasters unfolding in real time before us. We shouldn’t be paying 3.8 BILLION dollars for National Grid to invest in their decrepit gas system!

Climate change is here, with extreme heat, brutal cold, massive wildfires, devastating hurricanes, and previously unimaginable floods. The Public Service Commission (PSC) and the governor must ensure that we meet the requirements of the state climate law, protect our residents, farms, and businesses, and lead the nation in smart climate policy.

We must band together and tell the Public Service Commission (PSC) and Governor Hochul to reject National Grid’s proposal to extend the life of its fracked gas system and the company’s request for massive rate hikes.