Sentences with phrase «new capacity zone»

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.

«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.»

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.

«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)...»

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.

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.

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.»

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 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.