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Tompkins County committee withdraws member-drafted energy-affordability resolutions for edits
Summary
The Planning, Energy and Environmental Quality committee withdrew two member-drafted resolutions on energy affordability and climate policy to allow volunteers to edit language and meet state budget deadlines; members said they support the bills in principle but want factual clarifications and cleaner language before sending them to the legislature.
The Tompkins County Planning, Energy and Environmental Quality Committee on March 5 withdrew two member-filed resolutions addressing energy affordability and state climate policy so volunteers can refine their language and ensure accuracy before the county forwards them to the legislature.
Chair Irene introduced a lengthy energy-affordability resolution and read a package of state bills the draft recommended supporting, including measures to standardize how the Public Service Commission determines utilities’ return on equity, require utilities to return revenue above authorized return-on-equity to ratepayers, prohibit service disconnections and…
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