Illustrating The Absurdity Of New York’s Energy Transition

…to date, relative to this project there exists no environmental impact statement, no feasibility study, no prototype, and no demonstration project to show how this can be done, let alone…

Renewable Energy Gap Characterization

 At some point, New York State is going to have to confront the fact that the naïve implementation plan based on rhetoric and not facts must be changed.  Hopefully, the…

NYSERDA Solar Quiz Misinformation

The entire Climate Act legislation and narrative is characterized by black and white cartoon descriptions. 

New York Climate Plan Needs Publicly Funded Spin Doctor

New Yorkers will in short order face higher fuel costs, higher property taxes, higher compliance costs and higher electricity rates, interspersed with news about businesses either leaving or cancelling investments…

Energy Density and Micron

The development of Micron within the Climate Act framework will be a good test of pragmatic environmentalism. 

At The New York Krazy Klimate Konference

it is completely clear that the people running New York’s supposed energy transition do not have the slightest hint of competence.

New York State Advanced Clean Cars

The ultimate fall back is to simply keep the existing cars running as long a possible.

New York Goes Full Central Planning for The Electricity Sector

In other words, I guess, hey sucker, use your electric car battery to power the house when the grid goes down.

Countdown To New York’s Rendezvous With Energy Impossibility

It appears that the owners of these buildings are just now figuring out that the standards that have been set cannot be met, at least not in any remotely reasonable…

New York Independent System Operator Information for Policy Makers

In the political climate of Albany it is not clear how to get policy makers to consider the risks of ignoring the issues raised.

New York Climate Act Scoping Plan Approved

Needless to say, I strongly endorse the statements of the three members who voted against the Scoping Plan. 

The Latest from the Experts on New York’s Climate Act Implementation

This report highlights multiple feasibility concerns that must be addressed to have any hope of this working.  I believe that it shows that implementation on the schedule proposed will prove…

My Testimony On New York’s “Scoping Plan” To Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions

I’m not fooling myself into thinking that this will have any immediate impact. I will say that among all the other speakers, not a one addressed or attempted to refute…

New York Climate Act: Cost Estimate Sleight of Hand

The Draft Scoping Plan was written to prove the desired conclusion that the benefits were greater than the costs.  In order to make that case both benefits and cost estimates…

New York Climate Act: What the Experts are Saying Now  

Roger Caiazza On February 6, 2022 an article of mine was posted: New York Climate Act: Is Anyone Listening to the Experts?  This post shows that the experts are saying…

New York Climate Act: Is Anyone Listening to the Experts?

While there are hundreds of projects in the NYISO interconnection queue, there are none that would be capable of providing dispatchable emission-free resources that could perform on a multi-day period…