"Energy prices have risen worldwide due to increased global demand and lagging production,"
"At today's event, we called for an initial $10 million in the city's budget to subsidize heat pumps in low-income communities, as well as pushing for a policy to eventually require that when old boilers die they are replaced with heat pumps,"
"This campaign's goals are cutting energy bills, reducing air pollution and creating good union jobs."
Activists gathered outside National Grid headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn waving signs and large utility bills to protest high prices and oil and natural gas environmental harms. National Grid attributes recent price increases to increased global demand, lagging production, and colder-than-normal temperatures. Protesters urged Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council to fund energy-efficient heat pumps for low-income neighborhoods and to phase out new gas boilers. The city previously enacted Local Law 154 to bar new residential gas hookups over a phased timeline. Organizers called for an initial $10 million subsidy, citing goals of cutting bills, reducing air pollution, and creating union jobs. Trade and industry groups are legally challenging the phaseout measures. A community board scheduled an in-person session with National Grid.
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