The apparent exemption of the battery industry from regulations that would apply to every other industry is now presenting major complications for the people of NY State. How much environmental…
Tag: New York
Climate And Energy Provisions In New York’s FY 2027 Budget: Making The Coming Crash Worse
Here is some related advice from the State of New York: if you should ever find yourself in a car hurtling toward a brick wall at 100 mph, your best…
Two Bets On The Future Of Wind Energy: Who Is Right?
My bet is that within about a decade, China will be taking multi hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions of dollars, of write-offs on its wind energy investments.
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.
Schadenfreude Of the Week: Majority of New York’s Pending Wind and Solar Projects Getting Canceled
It’s the feel-good story of the week, if you don’t mind taking joy from others’ misfortunes. When it comes to the wind and solar energy grifters, I don’t mind a…
Democrats Retreat from Climate Activism (energy affordability, electability in play)
Hochul’s shift could become a blueprint for Democrats across the country as they desperately try to convince voters they’re aggressively tackling cost-of-living concerns — including energy bills — ahead of…
January 2026 Winter Storm Impacts on New York Grid
During and following the January winter storm there were at least eight consecutive days when the New York total wind and solar production was less than 6% of the capacity…
Milloy talks energy with David Asman and Lydia Hu on FOX Business
From the December 22, 2025 edition of The Bottom Line.
Our Final Objection To Our Local Utility’s Rate Increase
The problem for the supporters of the settlement, principally Con Edison and the Public Service Department Staff, was that they had admitted in the documentation that the JP contained “funding”…
New York At The Green Energy Wall — What Is The Exit Strategy?
Our legislators, innumerate to a person, had bought into the fantasy — peddled by lightweight academics like Mark Jacobson and Robert Howarth, and by grifting promoters like the American Wind…
Bad News Getting Worse For New York’s Struggling Grid With Looming Green Buildings Mandate
New York will soon force developers to build new buildings that can only use electricity for temperature control and appliances, which will further strain the state’s electric grid if it’s…
Energy Innovation Policy & Technology on “Big, Beautiful Bill”
I conclude that the claims of added energy costs due to the BBB are based on selected metrics and biased interpretations of energy systems. I have no doubts that the…
Can Anyone Save New York From Its Coming Self-Inflicted Climate and Energy Disaster?
New York State has officially ordained the destruction of its electricity system and its economy with a mad dash to energy utopia, as prescribed by a 2019 statute called the…
Nonprofit Funded by Chinese Gov’t-Linked Entities Backs Blue State’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Climate Law
A nonprofit organization bankrolled by numerous Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked entities advocated for a New York law that authorizes the state to charge energy companies billions for their roles in…
Trump Administration Lifts Stop-Work Order on $5 Billion New York Offshore Wind Project
For now, the lifting of the stop-work order represents a significant step toward the project’s completion and a continuation of New York’s attempt at an energy transition, though broader debates…
Trump Administration Targets State Climate Laws
The Constitution explicitly states that neither the Congress nor any state may pass an “ex post facto Law,” which imposes criminal liability for past actions that weren’t restricted at the…
Liability for Climate Change: An Inequitable Economic Disaster
What is already clear are the serious and senseless economic consequences that will follow if states are allowed to punish fossil fuel companies for their lawful past production.
New York Climate Act Reckoning is Inevitable
Inevitably people will figure out that there is a law in place that is causing much of the observed increase in energy costs. I also believe that the Hochul Administration…
Markers On the Road to The Green Energy Wall — Electric Trucks Edition
Does anybody really think that this battery charging issue is going to be solved within a couple of years? People have only been working on batteries that are suitable for…