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Rye Brook to join multi-municipality legal effort against Con Edison rate increase; board authorizes hiring special counsel if 20 municipalities participate
Summary
Trustees authorized hiring Dichter Law as special counsel to represent participating Westchester municipalities in Con Edison’s electric and gas rate case, contingent on at least 20 municipalities signing on and a maximum shared cost of $100,000.
The Village of Rye Brook Board of Trustees on March 11 authorized hiring Joel Dichter of Dichter Law LLC as special counsel to represent participating Westchester municipalities in Con Edison’s electric and gas rate case before the New York State Public Service Commission, contingent on at least 20 municipalities agreeing to join the representation.
Chris (village staff) said Con Edison filed a petition Jan. 31 proposing double-digit increases — including an 18% overall electric increase and a 25.1% rise in residential delivery charges — to take…
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