Sentences with phrase «capacity zone»

«On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals denied a temporary stop to the implementation of a new capacity zone ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...»

A group of Senate Democrats on Thursday released a letter sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that pushes for a reversal of a decision that blocks a new energy capacity zone in the Hudson Valley.

As mentioned, Gipson wants to halt capacity zone rate increases.

Gibson and other Hudson Valley elected leaders have been fighting a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reconfiguration of capacity zones that merged the Hudson Valley with New York City.

After federal regulators created a new capacity zone in the Lower Hudson Valley, two new power plants in the Hudson Valley, Danskammer and Bowline, will bring back about 1,000 megawatts of power.

Gas infrastructure projects such as the Millennium Pipeline, The Minisink Compressor Station, The proposed CPV Gas Power Plant, the expanding Ramapo interconnect, proposed Pilgrim Pipeline, and AIM expansion, along with the regulatory changes implemented by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission such as the Lower Hudson Capacity Zone, all will have dramatic environmental and economic implications for the Lower Hudson Valley.

In fact, taxes are a much larger contributor to high electricity bills than the Lower Hudson Valley capacity zone.

While a single press release does not a campaign make, Amedore's charge that the reconfiguration of utility capacity zones which went into effect May 1 could cost mid-Hudson customers $ 300 million over the next three years got my attention.

This happened largely because a special capacity zone was established by the Independent System Operator to encourage additional generation in this part of the grid.

To the surprise of almost no one, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has turned a deaf ear to pleas that it at least reconsider its decision — effective May 1 — to create a new energy capacity zone linking the Mid-Hudson with New York City.

We echo his call for a Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and appreciate his work, with Democratic House colleague Sean Patrick Maloney, on getting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to pull the plug on its new capacity zone rule which threatens hefty electricity rate increases for our area.

At issue is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to create new capacity zones on May 1 which would have most consumers in the Hudson Valley paying higher New York City rates.

Two New York Congressmen, whose amendment to curtail a federal agency's ability to implement a new capacity zone passed the House of Representatives last week, say they are hopeful after comments by the Senate majority leader.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, in August gave the green light to the New York Independent System Operator to create a New Capacity Zone for the lower Hudson Valley region.

The bottom line is Lower Hudson Valley capacity zone is working, encouraging upgrades to our local energy infrastructure, which makes the grid more reliable and at lower overall costs.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order relating to a newly - implemented energy capacity zone that is already raising electric rates.

«The creation of this new capacity zone will cause these already exorbitant costs to skyrocket in the region at a time when consumers statewide are still reeling from the sudden increases in energy costs associated with a particularly harsh winter.»

A vocal opponent of the federal government's capacity zones, which could raise utility rates in the Hudson Valley by 20 %, Dr. Murphy sees this as the opportunity to promote and incorporate green energy projects to stabilize our...

Both candidates say they're opposed to a new «capacity zone» implemented by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is expected to raise electric rates in the Hudson Valley while lowering them for downstate residents.

The purpose of the capacity zone is to encourage investment in new plants closer to where we need power, instead of transporting power through local towns and villages, which the public has strongly resisted everywhere such new lines have been proposed.

The cost increases from the capacity zone are modest — the Public Service Commission estimated between 5 and 10 percent — and only temporary, as the zone works to incentivize greater local energy production.

The Dutchess County executive says he finds it disturbing that a federal agency has provided no response to his and many others» concerns about a new capacity zone that is expected to raise electric rates for many Hudson Valley residents.

A U.S. Court of Appeals has responded to a lawsuit filed earlier this week by a Dutchess County utility and the New York State Public Service Commission concerning a new capacity zone.

A Dutchess County - based utility company is turning to legal action in its opposition to a new capacity zone that it says is already translating into higher electric rates.

The House of Representatives has passed an amendment put forth by two New York congressmen who want to rein in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and undo a new capacity zone.

«The New Capacity Zone would cause quite a bit of damage to our local economy, to households and businesses in the area, with higher energy bills, on the order of up to 6 percent for our residential customers or higher and 10 percent or higher for our large industrial customers.»

FERC, in its decision to deny the phase - in, writes that phasing in the zone would affect the capacity zone market's ability to send more efficient price signals to attract and maintain sufficient capacity to meet local demand.

We want to stop the capacity zone rate increases that will, if they go into effect on May 1, increase our constituents» electric bills significantly.

The Dutchess County executive has joined the legal fight to dismantle a new capacity zone.

«What most resonates with Central Hudson is the senator's opposition to the New Capacity Zone.

Maloney personally delivered a number of letters opposing the new capacity zone to FERC's office the day before the new zone was implemented.

Democratic State Senator Terry Gipson is among a bipartisan group of lawmakers, from Congress to the local level, calling on FERC to abandon the new capacity zone.

The board unanimously adopted a first resolution that firmly opposes the New Capacity Zone (NCZ) scheduled to be imposed on May 1 that groups Mid-Hudson counties with three New York City and Westchester zones, which have vastly larger supply demands than the upstate zones, using 64 percent of the state's electric resources.