Sentences with phrase «subsidize upstate nuclear 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.

Cuomo's aides were involved in developing the eventual policy that the PSC approved in August to subsidize the upstate nuclear plants and negotiated directly with the plant's owners, former state operations director Jim Malatras told the Syracuse Post-Standard.

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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.

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.»

And upstate Republican lawmakers are cheering the adoption as well, given the standards include a system that would subsidize nuclear energy as Entergy Corp. seeks to sale central New York's FitzPatrick Nuclear Powernuclear energy as Entergy Corp. seeks to sale central New York's FitzPatrick Nuclear PowerNuclear Power Plant.

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 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.