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By Tom Kleckner and William Opalka Exelon announced Tuesday it has purchased the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant for $110 million from Entergy. Officials from both companies were joined by Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the plant’s gates to announce the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval. “We are pleased...
By William Opalka NEW YORK — Speakers at Infocast’s 2nd NY Energy REVolution Summit last week pondered how New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision could deliver on its promise of cleaner and more distributed generation, with persistent low power prices. The challenge is introducing transformative changes in an environment of...
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is now the lead agency backing a proposed 90-MW offshore wind development south of Long Island. “Offshore wind is clearly a critical part to achieving Gov. [Andrew] Cuomo’s clean energy agenda of achieving 50% by 2030. The numbers offshore are huge,...
By William Opalka A New York judge has vacated the Public Service Commission’s February “reset order” that sought to overhaul the business practices of retail energy suppliers. The July 22 order by acting state Supreme Court Justice Henry Zwack said energy service companies (ESCOs) were denied due process by the...
By William Opalka New York’s proposal to subsidize upstate nuclear power plants was blasted as a corporate giveaway and embraced as an economic lifeline and necessity to reduce carbon emissions in comments filed last week with regulators (15-E-0302). The state Public Service Commission closed the comment period Friday on the...
By William Opalka FERC on Wednesday directed staff to begin an investigation of alleged illegal tree-cutting along the New York section of the Constitution Pipeline route despite a finding that state officials’ demands for a stay and sanctions were “procedurally deficient” (CP13-499). The order was in response to New York...
By William Opalka The New York Public Service Commission last week extended the comment period on a proposed multibillion-dollar nuclear power subsidy by four days, until Friday (15-E-0302). The comment period on a July 8 staff proposal, providing subsidies for the upstate nuclear fleet for up to 12 years, was...
By Ted Caddell The Long Island Power Authority on Wednesday delayed approving a proposed 90-MW offshore wind farm off the coast of Montauk, N.Y., that would be the largest such project in the U.S. LIPA executives had expected an easy approval vote from its board of trustees, but they delayed...