Reposted by DSA for a Green New Deal🌱🌹⚡️
"Public power is a way to actually improve the lives of working-class people. Electric bills are absurd. People are racking up debt... We’re reaching a crisis point."
New @truthout.org roundtable w/ organizers from Tucson + DC on the rising left movement for public ownership of utilities.
truthout.org
As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system.
![Mamdani supports the [Public Power NY] effort to get the power authority to move faster and build 15 gigawatts of renewables, including a third of that in the downstate region. The authority currently has plans to build 6 gigawatts, although many of those projects are in the early stages of vetting.
As mayor of New York City, Mamdani would have a significant platform to pressure the power authority and Gov. Kathy Hochul to do more to decarbonize the downstate grid. The region’s electricity mix is currently 89 percent fossil fuels.
He could also promote additional solar and storage on city properties if he ascends to City Hall, although there is already a local law setting targets for solar on city facilities.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dx7xfcbtkmkerk72yxqwdo55/bafkreiba3ht3bujg4dxlqqfnx2g5waepta6xkkudgqf2vg22qjcsjm3o7m)
