CITIZEN POWER ALLIANCE

Senator Writes Letter Of Protest

State Senator Cathy Young is co-chair of the state senate’s administrative regulatory review commission, and Senator Young is opposed to the possible rate increase that New York State Electric and Gas wants to implement. "I'm totally against any kind of rate increase. People can't afford it right now, they're already having a hard enough time paying their bills, and this is especially hard after last year when Albany raised the utility taxes and so this is really bad timing," Senator Young told WLEA/WCKR News. Sen. Young also says she will be writing a letter of protest against this idea.

A spokesman for the New York State Public Service Commission says that New York State Electric and Gas might possibly be increasing their rates. NYSEG and RG&E will be filing a document with the commission this week.

Attempts to reach NYSEG before newstime were not successful.