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WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. By John F. Bailey. November 6, 2015:
Customers who currently have an electric company they are happy with can tell their present supplier they do not want to be switched to another, Con Edison told WPCNR today.
Recently, the White Plains Common Council voted to join a consortium of cities and towns that have agreed to allow a group called Sustainable Westchester to negotiate a contract with a series of suppliers or a supplier.
Sustainable Westchester would use the vast number of electric customers in the collection of town and city customers in the Sustainable fold to negotiate, they promise a reduced collective electric contract with an Electric Supply Company or companies for those customers including White Plains electric customers.
The Mayor and council and Sustainable Westchester executives assured this arrangement would save White Plainsers substantially on their electric bills.
Once the contract rate is determined, White Plains would automatically switch residents’ electric supply source to the suppliers chosen by Sustainable Westchester. Customers would have 20 days to notify Sustainable Westchester or the City of White Plains (it is not clear at this time who processes the “opt-outs”)
WPCNR asked Con Edison if residential customers not wishing to be switched at all from Con Edison could “opt out in advance,”
The answer from Robert McGee of Consolidated Edison Media Relations is “Yes.”
Mr. McGee issued this statement to WPCNR Friday afternoon:
“I have your answer.
If a Con Edison customer decides they do not want to be a part of the Sustainable Westchester initiative, they can instruct Con Edison to place an energy service company (ESCO) ‘block’ on their account.
Importantly, this block also would preclude a customer from signing up with any energy supply company, whether related to Sustainable Westchester or not. If a customer subsequently decides to choose another ESCO, they would have to contact Con Edison to remove the block prior to enrolling with the new ESCO.
WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER. NOVEMBER 6, 2015:
A RESPONSE TO THE ELIZABETH KURTH LETTER
Ms. Elizabeth Kurth’s recent diatribe against those opposed to the defeated FASNY project was both unfortunate and disappointing. Ms Kurth misses what was at issue during the long FASNY saga. The reputation of the school was never the problem. The public record over the last four years is replete with documentation citing the real substantive issues: density, traffic, environmental degradation, hydrology, pollution, fire safety and residential values.
The election results could not be more clear: the three Council people who voted against FASNY were resoundingly reelected. And yes Ms. Kurth, The Gedney Association does represent the views of the overwhelming majority of residents in the neighborhood. Ms. Kurth forgot to mention the opposition of the School Board, The Conservation Board and The Planning Board to key aspects of the FASNY plan. She also neglected to mention the seven other neighborhood associations in the south end of the City that joined the Gedney Association in publicly declaring their opposition to the FASNY complex. Nor does she mention the other neighborhood associations outside the immediate area that also publicly opposed the FASNY project and the over 2,000 residents from all 28 of the City’s neighborhoods who signed a petition against the project.
Understandably, most of the people who spoke in favor of FASNY had some connection to the school. Nonetheless, all those in favor as well as those opposed to the FASNY complex were entitled to their views and opinions.
The FASNY development has been turned down and is now behind us and it’s time to move ahead. We respectfully request that Ms. Kurth accept the differing views of the majority of her neighbors and the decision of the electorate regarding the Common Council members who rejected the FASNY project. Let’s move forward together towards a use for the former Ridgeway Country Club that preserves as much open space as possible and that is truly compatible with the environmentally sensitive property and the character of the neighborhoods that surround it.
John E. Sheehan, President
The Gedney Association
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