National Grid Rate Case Must Achieve Resolution

A group of 5 community organizations and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer – who are parties to the National Grid Downstate rate case – today announced they are leaving the settlement process. National Grid, the gas utility serving Brooklyn, Long Island and Staten Island, has a pending rate case before the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) – ongoing since April 2019 without resolution. During this time, the utility has guided many of its investments and programs according to a 2016 rate settlement, predating New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019 that requires a statewide 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

“Environmental Defense Fund respects the decision of community organizations to withdraw from the settlement discussions. The Commission and National Grid must achieve a timely resolution of the Downstate rate case that aligns with the state’s climate law and protects New York’s communities and economy from the dangers of climate change.”

• Erin Murphy, Attorney, Energy Markets & Utility Regulation