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Gov. Hochul currently has a bill on her desk that would help reduce the cost of utilities

The bill would allow groups that represent ratepayers the ability to get reimbursed for legal fees including the costs of experts and consultants. ....

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Reliance on Natural Gas Explains Why Electricity Bills Are So High

If you are staring at your energy bill this winter and wondering why it is so high, you’re not alone. The cost of natural gas went up 24 percent in February compared to the year before and electricity went up by nine percent. This means that customers are seeing some of their highest electricity bills in years. ....

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New York Mandates $15-a-Month Broadband for Low-Income Users


New York Mandates $15-a-Month Broadband for Low-Income Users
New York’s newly enacted state budget requires nearly all Internet providers to sell broadband service for $15 a month to low-income customers who qualify for food stamps, Medicaid or similar benefits.
by Tim Knauss, syracuse.com
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April 8, 2021
The New York Capitol in Albany.
David Kidd/Government Technology
(TNS) The newly enacted state budget requires nearly all internet providers to sell broadband service for $15 a month to low-income customers who qualify for food stamps, Medicaid or similar benefits.
Internet providers have 60 days to start offering minimum internet speeds of 25 megabits per second for $15 a month to qualifying customers. They have the option to provide 100 Mbps service for $20. ....

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Public Knowledge Celebrates FCC Action To Connect the Vulnerable With New $50 Broadband Subsidy


Public Knowledge Celebrates FCC Action To Connect the Vulnerable With New $50 Broadband Subsidy
Targeted News Service (Press Releases)
WASHINGTON,
Feb. 26, 2021:
Yesterday, the
Federal Communications Commission voted on circulation to approve a Report and Order to establish the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a
$3.2 billion federal initiative to provide qualifying households discounts on their internet service bills and an opportunity to receive a discount on a computer, laptop, or tablet. The program created by
Congress subsidizes broadband and device payments for low-income consumers or families hit hard by the pandemic, including students and the unemployed.
The program follows several months of advocacy from Public Knowledge, including an early proposal for an emergency broadband subsidy by Senior Vice President ....

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