Update On New York Climate Act Negotiations: Details Starting To Emerge

We need to force the activists to admit that their proposals don’t work, and the only way to do it is to run right up to the Green Energy Wall.

New York’s Climate Activists Not Backing Off

The longer this goes on, the more ridiculous you will look when the final collapse comes.

New York retreating on its Climate Act

How this works out now remains to be seen. If the budget bill tactic works, it could happen pretty quickly. Hochul has taken the political high ground of “affordability,” and…

New York Approaches The Green Energy Cliff With Morons In Charge

We are moving into a world of make-believe. At this point, nothing about the supposed green energy transition is real, except for the ongoing costs getting stuck to the taxpayers…

Hochul Claims the Climate Act Can Be Affordable

It is time for real courage in Albany to admit that the fundamentals of the Climate Act need to be revised because we do not know how much this will…

New York “Climate” Policy Approaching The Cliff

They are completely delusional. However, nothing but an actual disaster, if that, will ever convince them that they were wrong. We have to recognize that if we successfully take a…

Hochul Blinks When It Comes to Climate Act Costs

It is encouraging that the Hochul Administration is finally acknowledging that the Climate Act is unaffordable, but disappointing that other politicians do not.  More importantly, this does not seem to…

New York Climate Act Issues

The Climate Act has always been about political pandering to specific constituencies under the guise of saving the planet.  Therefore, I expect that all the inconvenient issues described will be…

New York’s Ridiculous Energy Policy Way Off The Edge Of The Cliff

So what is the strategy? As far as I can tell, Hochul’s strategy is to pretend that there is no Climate Act, and hope nobody will call her on it.…

New York Nuclear Plan

Hochul’s proposal is too little, too late as part of the Climate Act implementation without revising the schedule.  It is necessary first to pause implementation and reassess the schedule and…

New York Business Community Starting To Wake Up About The Coming Energy Train Wreck

The Coalition is generally supportive of the continued pursuit of renewable energy generation – but not at the expense of grid reliability and safe, adequate and affordable electric service. The…

Hochul must reveal the “ruinous cost” of the Climate Act

If the Climate Act requires severs economic damage to New Yorkers over the next few years, that incredible fact should be a major election issue. That it is being kept…

Fuel rationing chaos looms in New York State

Rationing gasoline and diesel under the Climate Act is a predictable prescription for chaos. It is the mobility these motor fuels provide that guarantees rationing to meet the 2030 emissions…

New York Must Reconsider the Climate Act

NYSERDA expects that their energy bills will increase by $593 per month.

Even “Progressives” Are Now Allowed To Notice That New York’s Climate Plans Are Crumbling

Well, guys, welcome to the right side of history. Now that we have this crack in the dyke of left-wing unanimity for strict net zero mandates, perhaps the flood will…

New York’s 2030 climate target is impossible

The law calls for a 40% reduction in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions from the 1990 levels by 2030. According to state data, the emissions have already been reduced…

DEFR Technoeconomic Assessment

This report provides multiple reasons that New York State needs to pause Climate Act implementation.  Future action should only proceed if reliability requirements are ensured and this report identifies issues…

New York’s climate law hits the wall

Hell done froze. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a leading contender for Greenest Governor in America, wants to redo their infamous Climate Act because New Yorkers cannot afford it. This…

NY Politicians Face Climate Act Consequences

The politicians who supported the Climate Act did not include defined affordability and reliability risk limits, a feasibility analysis, or concrete implementation plans.  The necessity to consider a pragmatic approach…

New York Draft Energy Plan Health Impacts Analysis Scientific Travesty

My comments should precipitate, at a minimum, a revision to NY-CHAPPA to include 16 wind directions and a valid verification analysis of the modeling. I don’t expect NYSERDA to respond. …