“…solutions in ways that improve New York’s economy…but now by 2019 'economy' had been dropped from the mission statement altogether and replaced with a crusade to combat climate change. That omission tells the truth, this plan is not about strengthening New York's economy it is about ideology at any cost. Now look, there has to be a balance here between responsibly shepherding our economy and responsibly you know helping our environment but climate change can't be fought on the backs of the New Yorkers. This draft plan focused almost entirely on supply; wind solar and phasing out natural gas while virtually ignoring how that power actually gets to customers. Meanwhile demand is set to (mandated) skyrocket and actually chair Harris your own words on spectrum news you talked about an “electrified economy” we simply do not have the infrastructure to do what the CLCPA requires and there's no clear step by step plan on how to get there. That’s not just 'the problem' it's impossible. New York can produce an infinite amount of electricity we have Niagara Falls Victoria Falls we could have nuclear energy out the wazoo but unless you can get the energy from the source to people it doesn't matter and what New York State is not telling anyone is; It is going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars to do that and this plan does not address that which is a massive concern. On August 14th Public Service Commission approved the 20% rate hike by National Grid; Predictable? Yes. Avoidable? Absolutely. These rate increases are a direct result of Albany’s mandates. Our energy infrastructure hasn't been meaningfully upgraded in over 70 plus years…”

Chairwoman Harris: “Assemblyman, assemblyman. I'm just gonna ask you to close down and submit the rest of your comments in writing so we can keep moving forward.”

Assemblyman: *whistles in disbelief*

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Assemblyman Bologna, September 3rd 2025