""My office will audit the state's role in these price hikes," he said. "New Yorkers pay more while utilities and their shareholders pocket tax credits, abatements, bonuses, and side deals - and for years no one in state government has followed the money. I will expose those deals and put real pressure on regulators and Albany to stop letting the system work for utilities while everyone else keeps getting squeezed.""
""It's been Rip Van Winkle. For too long, our state's auditors and regulators have been asleep at the wheel, rubber-stamping higher electric bills for New Yorkers - often on behalf of foreign-owned utilities. Ratepayers deserve better," Goyle told The Post. "This is about fairness. If they can raise your bill, the comptroller should be the ratepayers' cop on the beat - someone who follows the money, exposes the deals, and makes sure New Yorkers finally have a real partner in the energy battles of the coming years.""
Raj Goyle proposes a Utility Fairness Audit to give the comptroller authority to directly examine investor-owned utilities and the state's role in rising gas and electric bills. Goyle criticizes the Public Service Commission for rubber-stamping rate increases for Con Edison, National Grid, and other providers, and alleges utilities and shareholders benefit from tax credits, abatements, bonuses, and side deals while ratepayers pay more. The plan calls for audits that follow the money, expose financial arrangements, and pressure regulators and Albany to prioritize ratepayer fairness. Goyle also flags growing energy demand from emerging AI data centers as a central concern.
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