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By William Opalka NEW YORK — In a last-ditch effort the save the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant, New York regulators are proposing financial incentives that could be available to the plant's owners by July. The New York Public Service Commission on Tuesday proposed to expedite subsidies to keep the...
Pact to Keep Plant Operating Though March 2017 By William Opalka NEW YORK — The New York Public Service Commission Tuesday approved a contract to keep the struggling R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant operating through March 2017 (14-E-0270). The commission approved a reliability support services agreement between distribution utility Rochester...
By William Opalka Closure of the FitzPatrick nuclear plant will leave New York at least 325 MW short of its generation requirement by 2019, according to a new assessment from NYISO. FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant (Source Entergy) The assessment, released Thursday, was ordered following Entergy’s announcement last year that the 882-MW...
Texas, one of the states suing to block the EPA rule, said it will take no steps to comply while the challenge is pending. It would be required to cut CO2 emissions by almost one-third by 2030. “The whole point of the stay is to stop us from having to...
By William Opalka A special inspector for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to arrive at the Indian Point station Thursday to conduct an inquiry into why elevated levels of tritium were found in groundwater under the plant. Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (Source: Wikipedia) Plant owner Entergy reported the...
The New York Public Service Commission on Tuesday denied Entergy's request for an administrative law judge to handle the company’s objections to the state’s investigation of the Indian Point nuclear power plant (15-02730). Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the PSC to investigate plant operations and finances after two unplanned outages in...
By William Opalka RENSSELAER, N.Y. — NYISO and the New York Public Service Commission have begun a joint study to determine how a changing generation resource mix will affect the bulk power system over the next 15 years. The PSC outlined the study at the Wednesday meeting of the NYISO...
By William Opalka New York utilities would be required to procure more than 15% of their forecasted load in 2020 from struggling upstate nuclear power plants under a proposal now before the state’s Public Service Commission (15-E-0302). The staff white paper on a Clean Energy Standard released late Monday also...
By William Opalka ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a 10-year, $5.3 billion Clean Energy Fund, a centerpiece of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative to shift the state to resources that will fight climate change and provide more resilience. NYPSC Chair Audrey...
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