Lawmakers propose public authority to replace Con Ed, National Grid downstate
By Ali Hibbs Albany, N.Y. — State lawmakers have proposed legislation that would replace downstate utility providers with a new public utility that would acquire the assets of all downstate utility corporations and operate in their stead. The proposal, introduced by Assemblymember Robert Carroll , D-Park Slope, and Sen. Robert Jackson , D-Manhattan, is a response to 2019 moratoriums on new service