@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.
THREAD: @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/

"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!"