{"id":130027,"date":"2026-02-11T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130027\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:19:10","slug":"gop-lawmakers-urge-gov-hochul-to-declare-energy-state-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130027\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmakers urge Gov. Hochul to declare energy state of emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assemblyman Matt Simpson joined other Republican assembly members in signing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1HicLa2GWN91KhbFEafQT8uxa1OEAxZnZ\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">letter<\/a>\u00a0to Gov. Kathy Hochul calling for an immediate declaration of an energy state of emergency in New York. The request comes as families and small businesses across the state grapple with electricity price spikes and supply shortages.<\/p>\n<p>The letter highlights recent New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) data showing extreme wholesale price volatility. Day-ahead market surges approached or exceeded $1,000 per megawatt-hour in some zones during late-January cold snaps. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHardworking New Yorkers in the Adirondacks and across the state need protection from volatile utility rates,\u201d Simpson said. \u201cOur constituents are facing electric bills that are simply unaffordable. Families are choosing between heat and groceries, and small businesses are being priced out of operating here. The NYISO\u2019s own warnings make it clear that we have a supply emergency fueled by plant retirements, pipeline constraints and mandates that have left our grid vulnerable. Gov. Hochul must declare an energy state of emergency now so we can protect ratepayers from extreme spikes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adirondackexplorer.org\/author\/editorial-staff\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"the a in almanack\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo perfmatters-lazy\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cropped-the-a-80x80.png\" \/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tCommunity news stories come from press releases and other notices from organizations, businesses, state agencies and other groups.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nSubmit your contributions to almanack@adirondackexplorer.org\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adirondackexplorer.org\/author\/editorial-staff\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Community News Reports\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Assemblyman Matt Simpson joined other Republican assembly members in signing a\u00a0letter\u00a0to Gov. Kathy Hochul calling for an immediate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7183,4762,3932,609,9,11,10,49,17566,51,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-130027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-adirondack-almanack","9":"tag-energy","10":"tag-gov-kathy-hochul","11":"tag-government","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-new-york-state","16":"tag-new-york-state-assembly","17":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","18":"tag-new-york-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}