Existing hydro and new nuclear as the backbone of the grid, along with a modest solar and wind component, would economically, reliably, enable us to meet the “100 percent-carbon-free grid by 2040” state target.…
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Approximately 200 people from across Otsego County attended, carrying protest signs, waving flags, and chanting pro-democracy slogans, such as “We want our country back,” and “This is what democracy looks like.”…
No credible fiscal or engineering analysis was ever presented to support the state plan. While Governor Hochul herself recently noted that state policy will prove costly, any expense at all to tax- or rate-payers in pursuit of a plan which will not work, which, ultimately, will require a new plan to fix the ensuing energy catastrophe, is a mistake.…
Who will pay for NY HEAT? The cost of a $672-million bailout for a few of the hundreds of thousands of utility customers currently in arrears will be borne by other utility customers. Every New Yorker will help fund subsidies for industrial solar and wind projects which could gobble up a million acres and yet fail to provide reliable electricity.…
With each of New York’s staggering missteps in decarbonization efforts, we reflect on the mess we’re in. ORES itself has stalled out in efforts to site intermittent resources.…
Retired professor Dennis Higgins and engineer Keith Schue will present a talk titled “Can New York Combat Climate Change without Destroying Communities?” at Huntington Memorial Library at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15.…
Dennis Higgins and Keith Schue will speak about the New York State Climate Action Plan in a free community presentation next Wednesday, August 16 at 7 p.m. at the Litchfield Town Hall. The presentation, titled “Can New York Combat Climate Change Without Destroying Communities?” will address such concerns as ecological impact, cost to taxpayers and the state’s accelerated renewable-siting process.…
Fossil fuel, not nuclear, is the real enemy among energy sources Mr. Mellor’s recent opinion piece suggested we are well on our way to meeting state energy goals with wind and solar. Mellor looks at cost and feasibility, but the issues are more complex than he suggests. When solar panels are in full sun — and if the electricity they produce is consumed during that time — the cost of solar is relatively cheap. That’s true. However, solar power is…
