{"id":324579,"date":"2026-02-07T04:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/324579\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T04:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:18:10","slug":"ilions-municipal-power-alerts-on-rising-electric-costs-focus-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/324579\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilion&#8217;s Municipal Power Alerts on Rising Electric Costs | Focus Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Utilities\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6985070a4d9fc.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AP<\/p>\n<p>ILION, N.Y. &#8212; The Village of Ilion is warning municipal power customers about expected spikes in their energy bills.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the municipal power authority held an emergency meeting to discuss the issue.<\/p>\n<p>They are advising ratepayers that the increase is due to an unprecedented rise in market price electric costs.<\/p>\n<p>Customers are expected to see higher bills as a result.<\/p>\n<p>For more NEWSChannel 2 coverage of local rising energy costs, click on the linked stories below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wktv.com\/news\/focus-economy\/oneida-county-wants-gov-hochul-to-fix-high-utility-bills\/article_d74cedba-72d6-46c3-945a-58eff60a2995.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Oneida County Wants Gov. Hochul to Fix High Utility Bills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Oneida County Wants Gov. Hochul to Fix High Utility Bills\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6985070a4d9fc.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to take immediate steps to address what he describes as skyrocketing utility costs that are putting local families, seniors and small businesses under severe financial strain.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wktv.com\/news\/focus-economy\/the-municipal-commission-of-boonville-warns-of-increased-utility-costs\/article_90d7583a-69a1-4250-8b28-a87a323b1cac.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"The Municipal Commission of Boonville Warns of Increased Utility Costs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"The Municipal Commission of Boonville Warns of Increased Utility Costs\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/698207c74fcb7.image.png\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">Customers in Boonville are facing higher utility bills due to record high power costs driven by extreme cold and increased demand.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wktv.com\/news\/focus-economy\/state-senator-griffo-pushes-for-utility-cost-relief-in-new-york\/article_d288411e-a13e-4efc-8150-8f4e62729733.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"State Senator Griffo Pushes for Utility Cost Relief in New York\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"State Senator Griffo Pushes for Utility Cost Relief in New York\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/697d3fa000d06.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">State Sen. Joe Griffo is pushing for new ways to lower utility costs for residents.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wktv.com\/news\/wktv-investigates-national-grid-and-nyseg-bills\/article_7a22ed1f-5dec-473d-8b82-20e9fb58512f.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"WKTV INVESTIGATES: National Grid and NYSEG Bills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"WKTV INVESTIGATES: National Grid and NYSEG Bills\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/69724b9e3a571.image.png\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">WKTV has received thousands of responses from New York utility company customers expressing your concerns with recent increases in utility costs. So, we reached out to the companies themselves and local lawmakers about the issues and how they hope to address them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AP ILION, N.Y. &#8212; The Village of Ilion is warning municipal power customers about expected spikes in their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[269],"tags":[828,18,7520,440,19,156162,17,156164,3499,133,23927,156165,156163],"class_list":["post-324579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-bills","tag-eire","tag-energy","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ilion","tag-ireland","tag-municipal-power","tag-power","tag-science","tag-utilities","tag-utility","tag-village-of-ilion"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116027425252760276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}