Una cuenta que tiene una queja activa abierta (con un número de caso de queja emitido por el Departamento de Servicio Público/DPS), la Compañía no puede cortar el servicio. Sin embargo, ocasionalmente pueden ocurrir errores al respecto. En consecuencia, DPS tiene una línea telefónica de horario extendido (la línea directa, 800-342-3355) que se dedica a cancelaciones de servicios y fallas de conexión del servicio. Están abiertos para llamadas de 7:30 A. M. a 7:30 P. M.

Starting in early May, 2024, Central Hudson is resuming the release of Final Termination Notices in their Kingston District, to residential customers who have unpaid balances greater than two months past due.

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) allows municipalities to aggregate, or combine, the purchase of electricity on behalf of all the residents and businesses within their borders while the utility—in our case Central Hudson—continues to operate the electrical grid and deliver the power.

Communities for Local Power joins our allies in the Energy Democracy Alliance in calling for the Public Service Commission to prioritize community members over the profits of investor-owned utilities.

June 16, 2022- Governor Hochul Announces Electric and Gas Utility Bill Credit Program for Low-Income Families

In Kingston, important steps are being taken to create an advanced CCA program that will actively involve community members in creating affordable programs to address all their energy-related needs.

Communities for Local Power (CLP) has formally petitioned the PSC to deny Central Hudson the rate increase that is scheduled for July 1 until the multiple problems the utility faces are cleared up and it has completed any mandatory actions in response. 

The public is invited to comment on Central Hudson's proposed rate increases and it's time to make our voices heard!

2020 Central Hudson Rate Case

CLP works with other ratepayer advocates as a member of the Energy Affordability Program Working Group.

More than 48,000 residential customers in the Central Hudson service territory face power shutoffs.