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QUEENS WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
Outrage grows as National
Grid’s denial of gas service
to new customers spreads r. Richard Lestz, a
A controversial pipeline project has one Queens lawmaker introducing legislation that
would ensure residents are able to access service from gas and electric utilities.
BY BILL PARRY
A Queens lawmaker is
turning up the heat on National
Grid over its moratorium
on gas service to new
and returning customers
because of continued opposition
to the $1 billion
Williams pipeline project,
which was denied a permit
by the state’s Department of
Environmental Conservation
in May over concerns
it would contaminate New
York Harbor..
State Senator Joseph
Addabbo introduced legislation
Tuesday to ensure
residents are able to access
service from gas and electric
utilities that may have
a monopoly on service in a
community.
A second bill would create
a task force to study
backup energy in New York
where the provider is unable
or unwilling to provide such
service.
“National Grid is denying
gas service to many of
my constituents, mainly
because of the state’s opposition,
including mine, to the
proposed Williams pipeline,”
Addabbo said. “My first concern
is and always has been,
for the people who I represent
and in this instance,
those who are still trying to
return to their homes more
Courtesy of Stop the Williams Pipeline Coalition
than six years after Superstorm
Sandy or attempting
to open a new business. National
Grid’s moratorium on
gas service to new and existing
homes and businesses is
completely unnecessary and
unacceptable.”
National Grid claims
they are unable to provide
gas service without the Williams
pipeline which would
transport fracked natural
gas from Pennsylvania under
New York Harbor terminating
just over three miles
off Rockaway Beach.
Addabbo claims that a
utility company with a monopoly
and refusing to provide
essential service to a
resident or business must be
held accountable.
“I have long opposed
fracking and the process
of hydraulic fracturing of
gas, which I believe to be
dangerous and to have a
negative impact on our environment,”
Addabbo said.
“I know there’s a need for
different sources of energy,
but I do not believe spending
approximately $1 billion on
a pipeline that would be obsolete
in 10 years is the right
direction for us to take.”
Legislation S.6731 would
establish such a task force to
study backup energy options
in the state when an energy
provider is unable or unwilling
to provide such service.
The study would include
the current ability of
the state to provide backup
power, solar power, wind
power, fuel cells, alternate
utility suppliers and any
other measure the task force
deems relevant.
Bill S.6730 would seek to
define access to utility service
as a basic civil right for
residents, along with clean
air and clean water, and
make responsible utility
companies liable if they refuse
to provide such service.
“The need for action and
resolution is immediate for
many residents and businesses,
especially those in
my district struggling to
restore what they lost during
Superstorm Sandy,”
Addabbo said. “I will continue
working with the Governor’s
office, the Attorney
General’s office, the Public
Service Commission and
National Grid regarding
the unacceptable notion of
not providing gas service to
my constituents. New Yorkers
deserve to receive basic
utility service, clean air and
clean water as a civil right
and they must not be used as
means for a personal agenda
or economic gain.”
QNS reached out to National
Grid and has yet to
receive a response.
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