The Home Improvement Show with Domenic Cortese · Audacy

Domenic Cortese 2-21-26

·1 hr 46 min·5 clips
Ed Rath states New York's electric rates are 52% above the national average while gas is one-fifth the cost of electric heat, questioning the state's energy pathway.
Host Dominic Cortese leads a roundtable discussion with energy expert Donna DeCarolis and former politician Ed Rath, critiquing New York State's green energy mandates. They argue the policies are driven by downstate ideology, increase costs, threaten grid reliability, and fail to account for upstate's colder climate and existing natural gas infrastructure.

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A home-improvement show that becomes a practical case for keeping Western New York's energy mix workable.

Cortese treats a Saturday-morning home-improvement show as a clear-eyed talk about energy policy with Donna DeCarlis and Ed Rath. It stays close to what homeowners actually notice: electric bills, grid strain, and the case for an energy mix that can still work in the real world.

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You want the energy debate framed like a homeowner's problem, not a headline.

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