Miller said
the other upstate nuclear power plants, Nine Mile Point facility in Oswego County and Ginna in nearby Rochester, performed similarly.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
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.