Governor Hochul,
Invest in New York State’s Homes and Buildings for a Healthy and Affordable Future!

On December 1, 2025, over 175 organizations from across New York sent a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to address the rising cost of energy by fully funding New York’s low- and moderate-income home energy efficiency programs and committing consistent funding to New York’s clean energy transition.  

The letter specifically calls on the Governor to:

• Sign A.8888/S.8417 to repeal the 100-foot rule and save New Yorkers $600 million annually in energy costs that go toward subsidizing gas expansion.
• Include in your executive budget proposal an amendment to the Public Service Law to update its obligation to serve gas to an obligation to serve fuel-agnostic heat to enable utilities to offer the most cost-effective solutions and avoid saddling energy customers with hundreds of billions of dollars of stranded assets.
• Commit to funding the critical Sustainable Future Program at more than $1 billion until the full implementation of the Clean Air Initiative, prioritizing such initiatives as Empower+, Thermal Energy Network projects, Clean Small Buildings program at HCR, and the Clean Green Schools program.
• Make energy affordability for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers a priority by investing $1 billion in EmPower+, the Weatherization Assistance Program, and the Green Affordable Pre-Electrification (GAP) Fund. These programs directly and sustainably reduce energy bills of our most vulnerable residents, reducing their reliance on other assistance programs.  
• Reduce the energy costs of the 1.7 million home heating oil and propane customers by helping them install heat pumps, including a program to target LIPA customers, and direct the New York Green Bank to provide low-cost financing for such conversions to further increase savings.
• Support reduced electricity bills for New York households by increasing New York’s distributed solar installation goal to 20 gigawatts by 2035. Increase access to solar and address the federal Government’s rollback of renewables by increasing New York’s solar tax credit, modernizing it to include support for storage projects and making it refundable for low- and moderate-income households.