Chemung County Legislator calls for special investigation into NYSEG
Rodney Strange, legislator for Chemung County's 15th District, announced on Facebook late Saturday, March 29, a call to action against NYSEG for many issues around the company's practices toward customers.
'It is clear that people don't trust NYSEG, and they have no faith in the NYS Public Service Commission,' Strange said in the post. 'What needs to happen is for the State Legislature to conduct a Bipartisan, Comprehensive, Independent Investigation into the many issues that have arisen over the past several months with NYSEG,' he said.
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Some of those issues Strange mentioned include billing practices, operating procedures, electric costs, delivery costs, supply charges, smart meters, and other issues brought to light by customers around the state.
'This has to be the focus because nothing has happened since these problems started, and there is no solution in sight,' Strange said.
Strange is asking the public to contact their local state senator and assembly member and tell them to work on solving these problems that he says are financially cropping New Yorkers.
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