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Utilities Regulation

Call For 'Stiff Penalties' Vs. Utility Companies Made By County Legislators Call For 'Stiff Penalties' Vs. Utility Companies Made By County Legislators
Call For 'Stiff Penalties' Vs. Utility Companies Made By County Legislators The Westchester County Board of Legislators is urging the New York State Public Service Commission to impose stiff financial penalties on Consolidated Edison and New York State Electric and Gas for the companies’ response to the March storms that left thousands of Westchester residents without power, many for a week or more. In a letter signed by all the Legislators and sent on Tuesday, March 27 to Public Service Commission Chairman John B. Rhodes, the county Board asked for “significant financial penalties” to be imposed on the companies for their “inadequate preparation and response” to th…