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State Suspends Plan Charging R.I. Tenants for Juice
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 15, 2009
Modified Feb 15, 2009
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After outraged and worried Roosevelt Island residents found out their apartment building would use submeters to charge for electricity—resulting in projected bills of up to $1,000—the NY State Public Service Commission ordered to suspend the submetering plan (read the letter here). Many tenants complained that the Roosevelt Landings building had poor heating and insulation—one tenant who got an $800 sample bill used her oven to heat her apartment—but the building claimed few residents responded to their offers to winterize the units. The NY Times reports that the PSC's order "states that the commission was not informed about the complaints regarding poor energy efficiency before granting approval to the plan" and "raised concerns" unpaid electricity bills would be used to evict tenants. Roosevelt Island 360 pointed out, "It is simply insane to expect many of the seniors in Eastwood to simply turn down their heat during the daytime when many cannot leave their apartments."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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