February 27, 2026 – A new analysis from the state’s clean energy authority is fueling debate over the cost of New York’s climate policies. CBS6 has obtained a memo from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYSERDA. It says some households could see energy costs increase by thousands of dollars a year as the state works to meet its climate goals.
A lot of our electricity is powered by gas and gas infrastructure, and those costs are off the charts this year. It’s not our climate law that’s causing these problems. Failing to address what’s happening with our gas system and continuing to try to prop that old dirty system up, makes things more expensive and harder to deal with every single day we delay.
-EANY’s Katherine Nadeau
