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Legislature committee advances budget amendment to cover higher electricity and natural gas costs

5107977 · June 11, 2025
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Summary

Budget office staff told the Ways & Means committee the county's new electricity contract carries higher rates than the 2020 contract it replaced; the committee voted to move a budget amendment to cover increased electricity and natural gas expenses so departmental budgets remain whole for 2025.

Schenectady County's Ways & Means committee on June 30 advanced a budget amendment requested by the county finance office to cover higher than anticipated electricity and natural gas costs under a recently executed energy…

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