New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on July 28 announced the rollout of a financial assistance program to help low-income customers pay off overdue electricity and gas utility bills.
According to Hochul’s office, the financial assistance program provides $567 million to help low-income electric and gas utility customers pay off past utility bills. It includes an estimated $557 million statewide COVID-19 bill credit program, adopted by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC).
The bill credit program provides financial relief to help many New Yorkers avoid having their utility services terminated, and more than 327,000 low-income households in New York will directly benefit, according to the governor’s office….