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Assembly creates Office of Utility Consumer Advocate after floor debate
Summary
The Assembly passed A.2468 to establish a state Office of Utility Consumer Advocate to represent residential utility customers; supporters said it would save ratepayers money, while opponents called it duplicative and tied rising bills to recent climate policy.
The Assembly passed legislation to create a state Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate (A.2468) after an extended floor debate, voting 104–39 to approve the bill.
The bill, explained by Assemblymember Dinowitz, would establish the Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate within the Department of Public Service to represent residential utility consumers. “This bill… establishes the state office of the utility consumer advocate, that’s the UCA, within the department of public service to represent the interests of residential utility consumers,” Dinowitz said on the floor.
Supporters argued the office…
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