Letter from Maureen Dill
NYSEG/Avangrid Victimizing NYers
According to national statistics, one in five Americans subsists on Social Security income. Here in Otsego County, an estimated 25-30 percent of the residents in the Butternut Valley towns of New Lisbon, Morris, and Butternuts are over retirement age and may be subsisting on Social Security or retirement income.
Many NYSEG/Avangrid utility consumers reported having received invoices for a four-week period that represent an estimated 400 percent increase in utility expenses when compared to previous years. In some cases, their monthly utility costs are well over $1,000.00! Here at the home we have occupied for 23 years, our monthly utility costs have jumped from an average of $250.00 to more than $850.00! NYSEG’s inflated utility costs to consumers are unacceptable and are impacting the economic stability of many Upstate New York residents.
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