A candidate running to become the state’s financial watchdog wants to take New York’s ever-increasing gas and electric bills out of the hands of industry-affiliated bureaucrats.

Democrat Raj Goyle — who’s looking to primary incumbent Comptroller Tom DiNapoli — wants to audit the utility companies perpetually asking for the OK to charge customers more because ratepayers need a “cop on the beat.”

Goyle blasted DiNapoli for not doing enough to scrutinize the state Public Service Commission, which he claimed has been a “rubber stamp” as it reviews and approves rate increases for Con Edison, National Grid and other providers.

“It’s been Rip Van Winkle. For too long, our state’s auditors and regulators have been asleep at the wheel, rubber-stamping higher electric bills for New Yorkers

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