Sentences with phrase «upstate nuclear plants»

Now we have to pay for upstate nuclear plants that are not economically feasible.

The plan isn't without controversy, however, since it includes subsidies to ensure the state's existing upstate nuclear plants remain open.

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.

Heastie, too, suggested the Assembly would try to pump the brakes on a subsidy aimed at keeping upstate nuclear plants open, a Cuomo - backed plan that the speaker says he wants more information on before backing.

«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.

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.

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 earmarked billions in state dollars to keep upstate nuclear plants open, saying workers needed the jobs while the state transitions to renewable fuels.

More recently, the PSC's decision to provide as much as $ 7.6 billion in subsidies to flagging upstate nuclear plants under the state's Clean Energy Standard at Cuomo's behest drew anger and legal challenges from both environmental advocates and energy executives.

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 state has authorized up to $ 7.6 billion in ratepayer subsidies to keep three aging upstate nuclear plants operating.

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.

The move casts further doubt on the governor's goal of having renewables supply 50 percent of the state's electricity by 2030 — while reinforcing the CES program's status as primarily a bailout for money - losing upstate nuclear plants.

Cuomo's Public Service Commission last summer passed a clean energy standard that, among other things, calls for a charge on customer bills that would help pay for the plan to keep three upstate nuclear plants open.

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.

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

Other issues still on the table include: education spending, college affordability, raise the age, water infrastructure spending, workers comp reform and subsidies for three upstate nuclear plants.

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.

Cuomo's plan to bail out upstate nuclear plants could end up raising electricity expenditures for health systems around the state by at least $ 13.4 million, according to a report by a consumer utility advocacy group.

Replacing the power from the three upstate nuclear plants would require about 2,700 onshore wind turbines.

But Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration says there was concern that some upstate nuclear plants were struggling to stay open.

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

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.

An early test could come in New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo has offered state subsidies to prevent the closure of three upstate nuclear plants, which are currently priced out of the NYISO market because of low natural gas prices.

New York's upstate nuclear plants — R.E. Ginna in Ontario, Nine Mile Point in Oswego, and FitzPatrick in Scriba (Figure)-- have been struggling economically for years, losing millions of dollars as a result of power prices that are below their operating costs.