Our current energy system leaves us poor, sick, and under constant threat of shut-offs. This is unacceptable, and as climate change accelerates and the Green New Deal takes off, we must come together now to demand renewable energy as a human right!
Our Energy Bills Are Too Damn High! But Why?
The answer is simple: Con Edison is our energy landlord.
Energy is essential to modern life, yet Con Ed extorts New Yorkers with sky-high rates. Instead of providing a public service, they use our dependence on energy to provide a steady stream of profit for their executives and shareholders. And when we can’t afford the bill, Con Ed shuts off our heat and lights.
And now Con Ed has raised our rates even more! Con Ed wants even more of your money to pay for lobbying efforts, repairing the grid due to their own negligence, and locking us into even more fossil fuel infrastructure.
Why Should Billionaires Profit Off Our Energy While We Deal With Pollution and Shut-offs?
We demand and deserve to live in a world where everyone has access to clean energy without fear for cost, shutoffs, or life-threatening pollution. No one should have to struggle to keep their lights and heat on.
Introducing Public Power
Public Power is a campaign to replace private corporations like Con Ed, National Grid, and PSE&G with a utility system that actually works.
It will do this by creating a publicly owned, democratically run utility with a mandate to achieve safe, reliable, affordable, and 100% renewable energy service—a service we are also calling Public Power.
Public Power centers itself upon three values:
Decarbonize
We need to quickly move away from dirty energy and towards green energy.
Decommodify
We believe energy is a basic human right, not a commodity to be sold for profit.
Democratize
We understand that the best way to guarantee a just and equitable transition to green energy is to have community control instead of corporate control.
Decolonize
We comprehend the vital need to demilitarize, welcome refugees, and decarbonize more quickly than the Global South, who have contributed the least to and will suffer the most from the climate crisis.
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Who We Are
The New York City Democratic Socialists of America is the local chapter of the largest and fastest growing socialist organization in the United States. NYC-DSA is member-run and fights against gross inequalities of wealth and power produced by an economy that puts profits over people and the planet.
Email: climate@socialists.nyc
Facebook: fb.me/nycdsaecosocialists
Twitter: @NYCDSA_Climate