Brian Lear on WNC, now our climate story of the week, which we do every Tuesday on the show.

This week, the New York State Heat Act now being debated in the state legislature.

It would cap utility bills for some new... now being debated in the state legislature.

It would cap utility bills for some New Yorkers based on income

while also providing incentives for utility companies

to switch to renewable fuels.

The state Senate has passed it. The Assembly,

interestingly, is hesitant. Now, of course, they're both controlled supermajority

by Democrats, so why the difference? We'll cover the science and the politics now,

as well as the economics.

Joining us as State Senator Liz Krueger

from Manhattan's East Side,

sponsor of the Heat Act.

Senator, thanks for joining us for this.

Welcome back to WNYC.

Thank you, Brian.

Thanks for having me on to talk about this.

You want to do the acronym first?

Heat stands for Home Energy Assistance Program.

Yes, Home Energy, it's, and I have it here as the Home Energy Affordable Transition Act,

HEAT, the Home Energy Affordable Transition Act.

I know, once you introduce it and then you say Heat Act. I know once you introduce it and then you say

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