Author: AGREE
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Despite opposition, NYS Public Service Commission approves National Grid rate hike
The much-touted energy affordability program included in the rate case will bring important relief to thousands of National Grid customers who live in low-income households.
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Press Release: National Grid Rate Hike Approved
The decision by the PSC yesterday will not only intensify the energy affordability crisis in Upstate NY, but it appears at odds with a major regulatory reform initiative underway in New York since 2014, Reforming the Energy Vision (REV).
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New York’s Upstate Nuclear Reactors: Still Expensive And Still Unsafe In An Era Of Weak Enforcement
“Here in New York, our hearts go out to those who are suffering the consequences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster,” said Jessica Azulay, program director of Alliance for a Green Economy and author of the report.
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Consumer and environmental advocates release statements opposing National Grid settlement proposal
Jessica Azulay, Program Director of Alliance for a Green Economy, said: “We are disappointed that we were unable to reach an agreement with the parties in this case that would prevent a rate hike and support the State’s environmental goals.
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Alliance For A Green Economy Files Amicus Brief In Case Challenging NY Nuclear Subsidies
Alliance for a Green Economy has filed a friend of the court brief supporting a legal challenge against New York’s $7.6 billion nuclear subsidies. The amicus brief highlights how New York’s Public Service Commission violated state law and overstepped its authority when approving a massive bailout for four upstate nuclear plants. The brief reviews how the Public…
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Advocates Decry Governor’s Veto Of Popular Geothermal Tax Credit Bill And Call For Quick Action To Avoid Layoffs
By switching to geothermal systems for heating and cooling, homeowners can dramatically reduce their greenhouse gas footprint as well as their heating and cooling bills.
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Entergy Asks To Further Delay Mandated NRC Safety Upgrades
The upgrades were ordered following Japan’s 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe, and the deadline for completion is December 2016.
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Watchdogs Highlight Recent And Ongoing Problems At FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
The report reveals for the first time that an uncontrolled radioactive leak has been ongoing in the plant’s radwaste building for four years and has not been corrected.
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Watchdogs Issue Warning Over Nuclear Safety As FitzPatrick Sale To Exelon Is Announced
Jessica Azulay, program director with Alliance for a Green Economy, said: “Governor Cuomo has truly given away the store.
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15K NYer’s To Gov: ‘No Nuke Bailout’ & Protest Planned At Aug 1 PSC Meeting
The Clean Energy Standard is a proposed policy by the New York State Public Service Commission designed to meet the state’s renewable energy goal of producing 50 percent of electricity from renewable energy by 2030.