Sentences with phrase «keeping upstate nuclear plants»

Cuomo has earmarked billions in state dollars to keep upstate nuclear plants open, saying workers needed the jobs while the state transitions to renewable fuels.

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Assembly Democrats grilled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's energy officials for more than four hours yesterday on a taxpayer subsidized plan executed by the PSC and a major energy company — Entergy — that will keep three upstate nuclear power plants alive for the next twelve years.

The state Assembly held a hearing Monday on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to spend $ 8 billion in subsidies to keep three upstate nuclear power plants operating for the next 12 years.

«Amazingly, though, the governor is simultaneously pursuing a plan to waste billions of dollars on a corporate bailout to keep aging, unprofitable nuclear plants open upstate.»

Assembly Democrats grilled Governor Andrew Cuomo's energy officials for more than four hours on a plan executed by the Public Service Commission and a major energy company that will keep three upstate nuclear power plants alive for the next twelve years.

At the same time, Cuomo's administration has supported a ratepayer - backed bailout for three upstate nuclear power plants, pointing to the need to keep their emission - free power on the grid in order to reach the state's pollution - cutting goals.

Assembly Democrats grilled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's energy officials for more than four hours Monday about a plan executed by the Public Service Commission and a major energy company that will keep three upstate nuclear power plants alive for the next 12 years.

Questions continue in Albany over a proposed subsidy that would keep upstate nuclear power plants open — including the James FitzPatrick Plant in Oswego.

The city of Yonkers will pay an extra $ 3 million to keep its lights on over the next 12 years, according to a study of utility costs linked to a controversial Cuomo administration plan to bail out three upstate nuclear power plants.

State lawmakers seeking to put the brakes on a plan by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hike electric bills to keep open upstate nuclear power plants have introduced legislation calling for a moratorium on the plan as the Assembly considers a one - house budget bill that would do the same.

«Amazingly though, the governor is simultaneously pursuing a plan to waste billions in a corporate bailout to keep aging, unsafe, and unprofitable nuclear plants open upstate.»

The state has authorized up to $ 7.6 billion in ratepayer subsidies to keep three aging upstate nuclear plants operating.

Others chided Cuomo for shuttering the plant while arranging for an estimated $ 7.6 billion in subsidies to keep four nuclear plants upstate open.

The New York State Assembly held a hearing on Governor Cuomo's plan to spend $ 8 billion in subsidies to keep three upstate nuclear power plants operating for the next twelve years.

Cuomo's Public Service Commission last summer passed a clean energy standard that, among other things, calls for a charge on customer bills that would help pay for the plan to keep three upstate nuclear plants open.