Bonacic to Orange and Rockland: Don’t Raise Utility Rates
John J. Bonacic
July 8, 2015
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ISSUE:
- Utilities
(Middletown, NY)-Senator Bonacic announced today his opposition to proposed utility rate increases by Orange and Rockland Utilities. In a letter sent to the Public Service Commission, Bonacic denounced the proposed increases, which would have a negative impact on local residents. As proposed, typical residential electric customers would see an increase of 23.3 percent in their electric bills over the next 3 years.
“While I understand the need to maintain and upgrade infrastructure, I am opposed to increasing costs in order to do so,” said Bonacic “With tax payers struggling to make ends meet, and municipalities and school abiding by the state tax cap, a utility rate hike is an unnecessary burden on our communities.”
In his letter, Bonacic urged Orange and Rockland to meet their infrastructure improvements through cost-cutting measures, not by raising the rates of hardworking middle-class families.
A copy of Senator Bonacic’s letter is attached
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