National Grid Customers Rally To Demand Assembly Pass NY HEAT Act as Utility AGAIN Raises Rates

National Grid raising rates on Long Island, Brooklyn customers despite already charging the average household $30 more per month on their energy bills since 2023; NY HEAT Act will cut utility bills by an average of $166/month for LI families who need it most while curbing utility rate hikes affecting NYers statewide

MINEOLA, NY (03/27/2025) (readMedia)-- TOMORROW, as National Grid prepares to again raise gas rates on Long Island and Brooklyn customers on April 1, Long Island lawmakers and more than a dozen community and environmental organizations will rally to demand that Albany lawmakers pass the NY HEAT Act in this year's budget to lower utility bills. Since 2023, National Grid has repeatedly raised rates on customers on Long Island. Now, National Grid will raise rates higher - forcing the average family to pay over $40 more per month for the same service - and their newest rate hike will be followed by another increase in 2026!

The NY HEAT Act would limit the amount households are forced to pay for dirty, fracked gas, alleviate rate hikes like the ones from National Grid, and save the Long Island families who need help most an average of $164 each month on their bills. 1 in 4 New Yorkers already can't afford energy prices - and a clear majority need policies to make life more affordable for them. As Trump and Musk gut environmental protections and clean energy policies, now is the time for New York to lead by protecting everyday people from greedy corporations driving up our bills and polluting our communities.

This event will be livestreamed.

WHEN: Friday, March 28 at 12:00pm

WHERE: Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building, 1550 Franklin Ave, Mineola, NY, 11501

WHO:

Assemblymember Noah Burroughs, Food & Water Watch, Long Island Progressive Coalition, NYPIRG, All Our Energy, Food & Water Watch, Working Families Party of Nassau County, New York Communities for Change, Long Island Clean Air Water & Soil, South Shore Audubon Society, Green Party of Nassau County, Sierra Club Long Island Group, the Religious Action Center - New York, North Shore Audubon Society, Turn Nassau Blue, Baldwin Democrats, Grassroots Environmental Education, Transition Town Port Washington.

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