Ice Storm Due, NYSEG Warns NYSEG is preparing for a wintry mix of rain, ice and some snow associated with incoming storms expected to hit Otsego County and other parts of its service areas tonight through Monday. As a result of the storm, customers may experience service disruptions. In addition to Oneonta, the company expects impacts ranging from Liberty in the south,through the Capital Region, and north to Plattsburgh.…
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MANUFACTURER UP TO 4 STILLS NYSEG Adds Power At Cooperstown Distillery…
GAS PLUME 100-FT. IN AIR Neighbors Flee From Gas Leak ONEONTA – Neighbors in the vicinity of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, a half-block from Fox Hospital, are back in their homes after construction crews on the water-main replacement ruptured a primary natural gas line. The 9:15 a.m. accident sent a plume of gas 100 feet into the air, according to eyewitness Michael Forster Rothbart. “I thought it was smoke,” he said. “It looked like the Red Door church was…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, JUNE 17 ‘Picture This’ Exhibit Opening Reception EXHIBIT – 5-7 p.m. Opening reception for “Picture This: visualizing the written word and exploring the narrative.” On display thru 7/19. Free. The Smithy Gallery, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.…
Heavy Winds Knock Out Power To Pittsfield PITTSFIELD – Sixty-six people in the Pittsfield/New Lisbon area are without power due do high winds that continue through 7 p.m.today, according to Rob O’Brien, Otsego County 911 director.…
Icebox Interrupts Natural Gas Supply At Biggest Employers NYSEG Forces 4 Oneonta Institutions To Switch To More Expensive Fuel Oil By JENNIFER HILL• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the bitter cold, NYSEG has flagged some of the region’s largest employers to heat with oil instead of natural gas, driving up their heating costs. “We have been burning oil since Tuesday evening,” SUNY Oneonta’ Chief Facilities Planning & Safety Officer Lachlan Squair said. “I’m fairly certain other places are doing the…
SIGN UP FOR ‘OUTAGE ALERTS’ NYSEG Team On Alert To Tackle Storm Harper ONEONTA – NYSEG’s Oneonta Division, which includes all of Otsego County, is one of five divisions the utility is monitoring closely with Storm Harper’s “significant snowfall and a wintry mix of precipitation” predicted to begin by 1 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday). “Snow accumulation could bring tree limbs into contact with power lines or make for hazardous travel conditions,” NYSEG said in a press release. The other divisions extend…
PHONE SCAM IN PROGRESS Troopers: Beware Of Callers Threatening To Cut Off Electricity State Police at Troop C are warning residents of a phone scam where the caller claims to be with NYSEG and threatens to cut off service. Troopers have received several calls from businesspeople, who report callers demanding immediately payment using a prepaid debit card, or service will be cut.…
103 Without Power County-Wide COOPERSTOWN – 63 households in Pittsfield and 103 across the county are without power following last night’s snowstorm, according to NYSEG. Six inches of snow fell in the Richfield Springs area, with temperatures currently around 32 degrees. In Jordanville, all 38 NYSEG customers are without power. In Cooperstown, five households remain without power, and in Springfield Center, 10 homes.…
Column by Adrian Kuzminski, October 5, 2018. Natural Gas Is A Bad Investment It’s obvious we have to get off fossil fuels, yet we keep hearing that fossil fuels – natural gas in particular – are essential to local economic growth. While “solar and wind would be a viable source for electric,” Otsego Now CEO Jody Zakrevsky wrote in The Freemans Journal & Hometown Oneonta in the Aug. 30-31 editions, “it (the solar and wind source) does not currently provide…