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On the recordJanuary 12, 2023
Earlier this week the Biden administration announced plans to ban gas stoves. The Governor of New York embraced the same plan. The problem is that 60 percent of New Yorkers rely on natural gas, and 70 percent of our electricity is generated by natural gas. While we absolutely embrace the move to reduce carbon emissions, the reality is natural gas has reduced carbon emissions far greater than renewables over the last two decades. We need a comprehensive energy plan and portfolio that is an all-of- the-above approach. We need clean, cheap, reliable energy. Natural gas plays a critical role in doing that. To try and ban natural gas and force homeowners to convert their home from gas to electric, the average homeowner will pay $35,000 to do that. The question for the President and the Governor of New York is: Who will pay for that? ____________________
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Mike Lawler
Republican · New York

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