Sentences with phrase «power plants closing»

Just recently, FERC approved another workaround for ISO - NE, i.e., Competitive Auctions with Sponsored Policy Resources (CASPR), but this workaround could result in nuclear and coal - fired power plants closing more quickly which will exacerbate the reliability problem.
Why are coal - fired power plants closing?
A view of Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has repeatedly called for Indian Point to be shut down, saying it is too dangerous to have a nuclear power plant close to a metropolis.
Another question that many in Westchester have about the future of their electric and NYSEG or Con Ed bills are: What will the increases be when the Indian Point Power Plant closes in 2021?
The other side of the «green» argument against nuclear power is the fear by some climate scientists that carbon emissions in New York could increase by more than 31 million metric tons during the next two years, if a number of nuclear power plants close.
Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) said the renovation is a big step for the city as it prepares to lose millions in income and economic activity when the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant closes in about a year.
She swooped in a few years before an enormous Fort Mohave coal power plant closed and struck a deal to transfer the facility's long - term water rights to Las Vegas.
Factories have been shifted to industrial parks on the outskirts of town and small, inefficient coal power plants closed in favor of larger, higher heat facilities in an effort to clear the air for visiting athletes and tourists.
When coal - fired power plants close communities can face painful transitions, and the debate over one Massachusetts facility shows the local impacts of a national shift to cleaner power
Scotland's last coal power plant closed in spring 2016, and two of the largest coal plants in England were also decommissioned.
Appalachian is making significant investments in transmission infrastructure to improve grid reliability and to support recent coal - fueled power plant closings responding to environmental requirements.
When a nuclear power plant closes, a coal plant opens.
On some of America's most idyllic shorelines between Vermont and California lie several behemoths of the past, shuttered nuclear power plants closed prematurely because they could no longer compete in electricity markets upended by record - low natural gas prices or because they had technical issues that made them too expensive or scientifically challenging to repair.
It also frees up developers of natural gas plants, for instance, to locate gas - fired power plants closer to natural gas resources rather than close to customers.
Many power plants close to oil - fields have been able to earn money by capturing their CO2, and pumping into oil - reservoirs.
Blevins said when he talks to coal workers in small Texas towns, he tells them to diversify their skillsets in case their local mine or power plant closes.

Not exact matches

Shiite - majority Iran has threatened to close the strait and plant naval mines to assert its power over Saudi Arabia and other Sunni states.
The New Energy Capital Cleantech Infrastructure Fund announced that it has closed an investment of $ 20 million to fund the development and construction of solar PV power plants by Cypress Creek Renewables, LLC.
Alberta is boosting its use of renewable energy, closing power plants that burn coal and in January increased its tax on carbon emissions by 50 percent.
Most experts believe that Germany's only option to drastically cut its emissions in the short term is to close down its dirtiest lignite - fired power plants.
When both rules are fully enforced, Bernstein Research estimates that 15 % of coal - fired power plants will be forced to close — unable to meet new safety standards — or will require substantial new investment to remain viable.
One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.
But soon after, the multinational closed its plant in Brockville, Ontario, to relocate operations in West Virginia where coal - powered energy is much cheaper.
Surrounded by coal industry workers, donned in khaki pants and polo shirts, President Trump signed an executive order in March pulling the plug on his predecessor's plan to close hundreds of coal - fired power plants to reduce carbon emissions.
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In the closing sentence, the news report places its editorial weight with the company officials as it is assumed that the plant will be «on line next year» and that it will be «producing cheap power
Under the current deal, unions will have less power to stop the company closing plants when it wants to.
The GWE anaerobic technology plant employed at the plant produces sufficient green energy (methane) from its closed anaerobic reactor to power a designated steam boiler and cut the brewery's overall energy consumption by about 15 per cent.
Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, D - Kenmore, and Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Cathy Young, R - Olean, said the final budget will include a $ 30 million dollar pool to mitigate the impact of closed or mothballed power plant facilities.
Cuomo is also working on a deal that would close the controversial Indian Point power plant in Westchester by 2021, but he hasn't officially announced the agreement.
Aides to the governor have been trying for several weeks to dissuade Entergy from closing one of them, the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County.
The plant is part of the strategy, along with Champlain Hudson Power Express in Rockland, to replace the electricity lost when Indian Point closes in 2020.
«The closing of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant will devastate the lives of the more than 600 employees and their families.
With the Dec. 31 mothballing of NRG Energy's Dunkirk plant and the 380 - MW Huntley Power Station in Tonawanda expected to close at the end of March, Cayuga and Somerset will be the last two coal - fired plants in New York.
[214] Euan Phimister has said that bills are likely to increase across the whole of Great Britain because renewable schemes and new nuclear power stations in England are both receiving higher subsidies than the power plants which will shortly close due to environmental regulations.
ALBANY, N.Y. — The controversial Indian Point nuclear power plant would close by 2021 under a pending agreement between plant owner Entergy Corp. and the state of New York.
The Town of Tonawanda didn't shut its doors after its biggest taxpayer, the Huntley Power Plant, closed just over a year ago, eliminating 79 jobs and nearly $ 6 million a year in property tax revenue.
Table: Favor or Oppose Closing Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (Registered Voters Near Indian Point)
The Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County would close by 2021 according to a New York Times report and subsequent others Friday.
The main argument against the plant's closing is that the state's power grid is inadequate to handle the extra electricity that would be needed from Upstate and Canada.
A formal announcement Monday about an agreement to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County by 2021 came at different times from the different parties involved.
ALBANY — The owners of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County say talks with state officials to keep the facility open have been «unsuccessful,» and on Wednesday filed a notice with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicating they would close the money - losing pPlant in Oswego County say talks with state officials to keep the facility open have been «unsuccessful,» and on Wednesday filed a notice with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicating they would close the money - losing plantplant.
Outgoing Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has dropped his lawsuits challenging the state's push to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
Cuomo's father helped close the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on LI after $ 6 billion was spent constructing it and it was tested and ready to operate at full pPower Plant on LI after $ 6 billion was spent constructing it and it was tested and ready to operate at full powerpower.
The indictment of aides close to Governor Cuomo and Competitive Power Ventures executive Galbraith Kelly validates what residents of Orange County New York have long suspected, that the CPV Valley Power Plant and its related facilities would never have been approved absent undue influence.
Astorino, who had challenged Cuomo in his 2014 re-election bid, questioned the decision to close the plant, its impact on the area's tax base and where the New York City metropolitan region would receive its power once the plant was shut down.
When Germany decided to close its nuclear power plants in the wake of the Fukushima, Swedish nuclear energy firm Vattenfall took them to an investor tribunal.
Many of the same warnings Mario Cuomo heard in the 1980s about Shoreham are the same ones his son hears today from supporters of Indian Point: Closing a nuclear plant will result in blackouts, a less reliable electric grid and increased air pollution as fossil fuels are burned to replace the lost emissions - free nuclear power; customers could face higher bills; more than 1,000 jobs will be lost, and tax revenue for schools and towns will dissipate.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant employees and members of the public rallied to save the plant's jobs in October 2015 when Entergy was pondering whether or not to close the facility because of economic loPlant employees and members of the public rallied to save the plant's jobs in October 2015 when Entergy was pondering whether or not to close the facility because of economic loplant's jobs in October 2015 when Entergy was pondering whether or not to close the facility because of economic losses.
An official with Entergy said that its decision to close Oswego County's James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant last October is negatively affecting the way state lawmakers view its Indian Point nuclear facility.
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