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"We want to give the working class power over what powers our lives."

#PublicPowerTownHall
"We want to make sure Con Ed is prioritizing us over their shareholders.

In this rate case, they're locking us into a fossil fuel future.

We can't be the city that never sleeps if they keep turning our lights off!

It's time to reclaim our utilities!"
"It's time that we stop relying on corporations for our necessities.

In the private sanitation industry we see companies putting profits over people's lives."

And it's the same with private power. #PublicPowerTownHall
"This is the tyranny of a monopoly.

The only way we can create a just transition is if the people themselves have input in this transition.

We need to democratize, decarbonize, decommodify, and decolonize our energy system!" -Sarah from @nycDSA
"Gas fired peaker plants have gotten $4 billion over the past few years to just sit there and do nothing.

We could spend that money on renewables instead.

We are tired of Con Ed polluting our communities to protect their profits!"
"#ConEd often sends 'estimated bills' which are far more than the customer actually owes.

One month I received an unexpected bill for $500.

It's easy to understand why 36% of payday loans are taken out to pay utility bills." #PublicPowerTownHall
"Con Ed always sends us estimated bills that are more than what we owe.

They sat on our $20,000 deposit for 3 years & customer service didn't respond.

We're subsidized housing with seniors living here, but they marked us as a 'big business' account and sent us shutoff notices."
"You pay a Con Ed a fixed rate of around $20/month no matter how much energy you use.

The fixed rate is regressive, and disincentivizes energy efficiency and solar ownership.

We need to lower the fixed rate, not raise it." #PublicPowerTownHall
"I'm from Nebraska. There, 100% of their energy comes from publicly owned utilities. If a 'red state' like Nebraska can confront capitalism, so can we.

We don't need to rely on companies that endanger us to protect their profits." #PublicPowerTownHall

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Oct 31, 2019
@croselund @DemSocialists First of all, thank you for engaging in good faith! These are all really great questions.

So, how did we arrive at the conclusion that public ownership should be the first step to decarbonizing & democratizing the grid?

Short answer: lived experience & theory of change.
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@croselund @DemSocialists Long answer:

This campaign started with us trying to work within the current system. We became parties in the Con Ed & National Grid rate cases to fight for lower rates and an end to the expansion of gas infrastructure.

And we learned that the PSC is completely ineffective 2/
@croselund @DemSocialists and unaccountable. They essentially told us certain parties have more of a voice in the process than others, and the entire proceeding was just designed to argue over how kuch profit Con Ed could make, not to actually grapple with our or @SaneEnergy's concerns about safety or 3/
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