“Now, I know it’s not.”īernard said anyone who already has assistance with HEAP, PEACE Inc also provides the Care and Share program, where people donate toward other’s heating bills. “I honestly thought it was an us problem, using too much heat,” said Meyer. However, National Grid last week proposed a settlement with state regulators that would raise Upstate electric and gas rates to $189 over the next three years. National Grid said electricity prices are expected to remain flat this winter. office where Syracuse residents can fill out information to get assistance regarding heating bills. Now, the People’s Equal Action and Community Effort (PEACE Inc.) is gearing up to help Syracuse residents pay those bills this month. This month, National Grid announced customers in Central New York will expect their natural gas bills to go up 31% this winter due to a high demand in gas. (NCC News)- We know winters in Central New York can be a hassle. HOWARD: National Grid tells people like Meyers and you at home to not only turn down your thermostat but to also turn off the lights. MEYER: “It’s a lot, it’s budgeting for something I did not know I was going to have to budget for.” National Grid said its predictions are based on expectations and demands on cost increase this snowy winter.

HOWARD: An average resident like Meyer could see a bill rise from a five-month total of four hundred and ninety-six dollars to six hundred and fifty-one dollars. Unnecessary burdens like high heating bills in Onondaga county.ĪNDREA BERNARD: “We have a partnership with National Grid, is to have more information on what people could do to save on their National Grid bill.” HOWARD: Andrea Bernard, Family & Youth Service Manager at People’s Equal Action and Community Effort says the non-profit is gearing up to help reduce Alexandra Meyer, a Syracuse resident says she has already seen her bill skyrocket from two hundred and four dollars to two hundred and fifty-three dollars.ĪLEXANDRA MEYER: “At one point, it went up to $200, and we had four people living here. TESSA HOWARD: This month of November, National Grid warned Central New Yorkers about a 31 percent increase on heating bills because of an increase of gas supply.

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