“Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Renewable energy is getting so cheap that it doesn’t need subsidies anymore. Yes, well. Renewables live or die by subsidies, in fact. That was proved yet again this week, when Democrats tried (unsuccessfully) to stuff a panoply of Green New Deal measures into the corona-crisis relief bill … [Read more…]
“Even as the international COVID-19 pandemic shuts down the world, solar goes on. Friday, Schoharie County supervisors passed a resolution from Energy Committee Chair Don Airey of Blenheim asserting home rule and asking Governor Cuomo to forget about his proposed Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act—Article 23. Up against an April 1 deadline, “I … [Read more…]
“The impressive membership of the Climate Action Council includes representatives from state departments, universities and industry lobbies. Where are the representatives from upstate communities in which solar and wind power plants will be sited? Where are the landowners and town officials? How can expedient and reasonable siting be achieved without our involvement? Gov. Andrew … [Read more…]
“With the passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in July 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the most ambitious climate plan in the country, requiring that, by 2030, seventy percent of New York’s electricity to come from renewable energy sources, and, by 2040, the state’s electricity sector is to be … [Read more…]
“With the passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in July 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the most ambitious climate plan in the country, requiring that, by 2030, seventy percent of New York’s electricity to come from renewable energy sources, and, by 2040, the state’s electricity sector is to be … [Read more…]
“A plan to fast-track New York State’s solar and wind projects has supervisors here seeing red—and vowing that they won’t go down without a fight. The Town of Sharon, where the proposed 50-megawatt, 352-acre East Point Energy Center solar project is already under review by the State Siting Board, could be the first to … [Read more…]
“Any rational human being can see now is the time to move to renewable energy before it is too late, before climate change destroys life on the Earth as we know it. We’ve advocated for decades on this page for the need to move away from fossil fuels and toward wind and solar energy. … [Read more…]
“Responding to complaints from developers of wind and solar farms, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a faster system for siting renewable energy projects to help New York meet its goal of drastically reducing carbon emissions. The Democratic governor last week inserted language into his proposed $178 billion budget that would replace the existing multiagency … [Read more…]
“The Town of Somerset (Niagara County) and the Town of Yates (Orleans County) are adamantly opposed to Governor Cuomo’s attempt – under the guise of a last-minute amendment to the state budget process referred to as Article 23 – to accelerate renewable energy development at the expense of our towns, our citizens and our … [Read more…]
“In January 2020, in his annual budget address, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed a complete overhaul of renewable energy siting. In his 30-day amendments to the executive budget, he proposed the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act (the “Act”). The proposal would apply to large and mid-sized renewable projects, energy … [Read more…]