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Senior Attorney

An electric meter mounted to the wall.
January 11, 2024

After New Yorkers faced a deluge of climate disasters this year, Governor Hochul needs to appoint climate champions to the Public Service Commission

By Alok Disa & Meagan Burton  /  Northeast Office

Governor Hochul can, by carefully selecting her nominees, fully realize the PSC’s potential to serve New Yorkers by protecting consumers and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. 

A man wearing a grey shirt and blue apron stands in front of an electric range top. With one hand, he is holding a white utensil to a steel saucepan. To his left (our right) is a young woman in glasses and a green t shirt. She is holding a jar of something white in one hand and with her other, she is pouring what she scooped out of the jar into the pan. To the man's right (our left) is a young man leaning on the counter beside the stove, smiling at the saucepan. In the background are two other people looking at a chopping board as if prepping ingredients.
March 31, 2023

The Gas Industry is Raising Your Rates to Expand Their Polluting System: The NY HEAT Act Will End That

By Meagan Burton  /  Northeast Office

New legislation will save New Yorkers hundreds of millions in subsidies for methane gas as the state shifts to an electric future