Quote Originally Posted by N2NH View Post
Remember. NYC uses less power than most cities. So, if we used more, you point would be valid.
NYC uses more electricity per square mile than anywhere else. Which requires more robust infrastructure.

Again, write to the NPA. I may live here, but I have less pull with those people than they do.
How much pull do you think WNY'ers have with a resident of NYC?

L I N K

This also disputes your allegations. I've posted some links to prove my point. Why don't you do the same? Otherwise, it's unsubstantiated.

Here is the map for today. New York City is paying $91.42 right now. WNY is paying $48.17. Hmmm...

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NYC is paying more, because their infrastructure has to support a heavier load. And yes, our electricity DOES cost less than yours, as it should. Since it's generated less than 75 miles away. For almost nothing (It's all hydro, with a smattering of coal).

Our rates would be 25% less than what they are now, if we were not sending cheap power credits to NYC. I'm not sure how you can not understand this.

Nope. It's called living in the same state. Happens all the time, curiously enough. Let the cities get their budget from the state based on how much is generated in the city and how many live in the city. Interstates should be funded by a combination of federal and state funds. States should monitor their sections and do what is necessary to maintain them. Who will lose if an Interstate bridge collapses? The state and locality. It is a responsibility.
If that's how it really happened, that would make sense. However, Buffalo (And WNY) supports itself, by and large. So does NYC, really for the most part. The issues come down when NYC (Or, WNY) cries that another region should cover their local-only (Like your bridge there) issues.

If you lose a bridge, very little effects me, if at all. There are several interstate bridges in the region, and not much comes my way from your direction.

OTOH, your argument and that of other up-staters is one of the reasons that most of us here feel that we should secede from NYS. Since we were New York before you were, you can change your name.
If your locale should decide it, I'd be all for it. We could take our old name "New Amsterdam".