Sentences with phrase «of upstate nuclear plants»

The cash - strapped MTA shouldn't have to pony up an electric bill surcharge imposed by Gov. Cuomo to support a trio of upstate nuclear plants, transit advocates fumed this week.

Anti-tax activate Grover Norquist weighed in on the state subsidy of upstate nuclear plants, saying it's an end run around the Legislature that will result in a rate hike for utility customers.

The cash - strapped MTA shouldn't have to pony up an electric bill surcharge imposed by Cuomo to support a trio of upstate nuclear plants, transit advocates fumed this week.

From 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., activists opposed to Cuomo's bailout of upstate nuclear plants will highlight the lack of investment in the MTA, subway stations around NYC.

Not exact matches

Cuomo's massive ratepayer subsidy of aging upstate nuclear power plants would be significantly modified under a bill just introduced by Senate Republican Leader John Flanagan.

«It's certainly a quandary,» one of the people briefed on the matter, Gavin J. Donohue, the president of the Independent Power Producers of New York, said of Mr. Cuomo's positions on the upstate and downstate nuclear plants.

A long - term energy plan by the Cuomo administration that includes a nearly $ 8 billion subsidy to two upstate nuclear power plants is being challenged from both ends of the political spectrum, and a lawsuit has been filed to try to stop the deal.

This episode features Empire Center for Public Policy analyst Ken Girardin laying out his critique of the recently enacted Clean Energy Standard and the decision to subsidize nuclear power plants in upstate New York.

The battle is heating up over a statewide electric rate increase to subsidize upstate nuclear power plants that pits Governor Andrew Cuomo against a coalition of «good - government groups.»

It's also the date for an $ 8 billion bailout of some upstate nuclear power plants to begin, and more than 80 local government leaders are making a last - ditch effort to stop a plan that they say will cost electric utility ratepayers billions of dollars.

«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.»

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April 1.

It will also include incentives for upstate nuclear facilities, which provide a significant source of carbon - free power, but are struggling financially against natural gas plants.

Syracuse CIty Councilor at - large Jean Kessner asks Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to halt a multi-billion-dollar state bailout of upstate nuclear power plants.

Representatives of the state Public Service Commission were in court Monday defending their decision last August to award a multibillion dollar, 12 - year subsidy to a group of upstate nuclear power plants along Lake Ontario.

A major component of the plan, however, has been controversial - the continued operation of three upstate nuclear power plants which are nearly 50 years old.

Julia Walsh, with Frack Action, says she hopes that the governor will now act to stop the expansion or building of new gas pipelines in Westchester County, near the Indian Point Nuclear power plant, and upstate across Schoharie, Albany and Rensselaer counties.

Part of the program includes a multi-billion dollar subsidy to Exelon, the company that now runs two upstate nuclear power plants, Nine Mile Point in Oswego and Ginna near Rochester, and is hoping to run a third plant, FitzPatrick, also in Oswego.

Some environmental groups say Governor Cuomo's administration should reconsider an $ 8 billion dollar bail out of three upstate nuclear power plants.

«We just gave away $ 7.6 billion to Exelon, an out - of - state energy company,» he said, referring to a debated estimate for the state's plan to subsidize upstate nuclear plants.

Workers from two struggling upstate nuclear power plants packed a state hearing on the future of nuclear power in New York yesterday, sporting t - shirts urging state officials to save their jobs.

«The upstate nuclear plants provide carbon free electricity — 27.6 million megawatt hours of zero - emissions benefits per year.

For a second year in a row, the PSC has deeply slashed the amount of renewable energy that utility companies are forced to buy under Cuomo's Clean Energy Standard, casting further doubt on the governor's goal of having renewables supply 50 percent of the state's electricity by 2030, while reinforcing the program's status as primarily a bailout for money - losing upstate nuclear plants.

A collection of energy companies and trade associations have filed a lawsuit seeking to reverse a decision by the Cuomo administration to subsidize several struggling upstate nuclear plants.

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.

At 11 a.m., elected officials from across New York state will come together to ask Cuomo to halt the projected $ 7.6 billion bailout of three upstate nuclear power plants, outside Senate chambers, 3rd Floor, State Capitol, Albany.

At 7 a.m., Food and Water Watch, the New York Public Interest Research Group and activists and supporters of the Stop the Cuomo Tax campaign rally in Times Square, Penn Station and Grand Central against tax increase to support nuclear power plants in upstate New York, Grand Central Terminal by # 7 Train, Penn Station, LIRR area, and Times Square by Shuttle and 2 and 3 train tracks, Manhattan.

It's also the date for an $ 8 billion state bailout of some upstate nuclear power plants to begin.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's massive ratepayer subsidy of aging upstate nuclear power plants would be significantly modified under a bill just introduced by Senate Republican Leader John Flanagan.

The agency agreed to purchase zero emissions credits to subsidize the upstate nuclear power plants, although NYPA is not under the authority of the Public Service Commission which mandated other power providers buy the credits.

A long term energy plan by the administration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that includes a nearly $ 8 billion dollar subsidy to two upstate nuclear power plants is being challenged from both ends of the political spectrum, and a lawsuit has been filed to try to stop the deal.

New York utility regulators have approved the sale of an upstate nuclear power plant, part of the state's strategy of investing in nuclear energy while weaning itself off of fossil fuels.

Some environmental groups say Governor Cuomo's administration should reconsider an $ 8 billion bailout of three upstate nuclear power plants.

Some environmental groups say the Cuomo administration should reconsider an $ 8 billion bailout of three upstate nuclear power plants, because the cost will be passed on to ratepayers.

A long - term energy plan by the Cuomo administration that includes a nearly $ 8 billion subsidy to upstate nuclear power plants is being challenged from both ends of the political spectrum, and a lawsuit has been filed to try to stop the deal.

The fate of upstate New York's nuclear power plants could be decided today.

Some environmental groups say Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration should reconsider an $ 8 billion bailout of three upstate nuclear power plants, saying the cost will be passed on to ratepayers.

Part of the program includes a multi-billion-dollar subsidy to Exelon, the company that now runs two upstate nuclear power plants — Nine Mile Point in Oswego and Ginna near Rochester — and is hoping to run a third plant, FitzPatrick, also in Oswego.

As the state plans to implement the governor's goal for double the amount of renewable energy on the market, a new study says losing upstate nuclear power plants would be a major set back for the initiative.

A major component of the plan, however, has been controversial — the continued operation of three upstate nuclear power plants that are nearly 50 years old.

Part of the program includes a multi billion dollar subsidy to Exelon, the company that now runs two upstate nuclear power plants, Nine Mile Point in Oswego and Ginna near Rochester, and is hoping to run a third plant, FitzPatrick, also in Oswego.

Some environmental groups say New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration should reconsider an $ 8 billion bailout of three upstate nuclear power plants.

While Cuomo has seized upon every hiccup at the Indian Point nuclear plant downstate to amplify his calls for its closure, he has touted the benefits of the FitzPatrick plant and other upstate nuclear power generation.

Canale is a board member with Upstate Energy Jobs, a coalition of local businesses, agencies and community leaders advocating for New York lawmakers to support upstate nuclear plants.

Cuomo has said supporting the upstate nuclear plants will help meet the state's renewable energy goals and save hundreds of jobs.

The Greens have strongly opposed the Governor's $ 7.6 billion bailout of several upstate old nuclear plants; the bailout is greater that the state's funding for renewable energy.

In one arrangement, Bharara alleges Kelly channeled several hundred thousand dollars to Percoco and his wife in exchange for help building a power plant in upstate New York, and for other public assistance the company never received — including a guarantee the state would find a buyer for energy from the facility, and the closure of the controversial Indian Point nuclear plant in Westchester, which the governor has advocated for.

The former EPA administrator also commented on Governor Cuomo's energy plan, to get 50 percent of energy from renewable sources by 2030 as a «step in the right direction,» but she disagrees with an $ 8 billion plan to finance upstate nuclear power plants, while Cuomo is at the same time pushing to close the downstate Indian Point nuclear power plant.

A major component of the plan, however, has been controversial — the continued operation of three upstate nuclear power plants which are nearly 50 years old.

It's also the date for an $ 8 billion dollar state bailout of some upstate nuclear power plants to begin.