Delgado Wins Accolades On 1st Cooperstown Visit Since His Nov. 6 Victory 400+ Crowd Packs Village Hall Ballroom By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Small farms, rural broadband, the National Debt and the Muller Investigation – Congressman Antonio Delgado was there to answer it all. “I take pride in representing this district,” he said. “There aren’t a lot of truly diverse districts like ours in D.C., so their representatives aren’t motivated to find common ground. My hope…
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FULL TEXT APPEARS HERE Renewable-Energy Stocks Keeping Up With Fossil Fuels’ Cooperstown’s DiPerna Testifies Before Congressional Committee Editor’s Note: This is the full written testimony submitted to the House Natural Resources Committee after Paula DiPerna of Coopertown, a CDP-North America special adviser, testified on Feb. 6 in Washington D.C. on the growing prowess of renewables in energy-related investments. A longtime local resident, DiPerna ran for Congress in 1992 for the district that included Otsego County. Thank you for the opportunity…
EDITORIAL LESSONS FROM OTSEGO CHAMBER EARTH SUMMIT No, We Can’t Save World Alone; Yes, We Can Embrace Opportunity The debate around here has appeared to be all about energy. Listening to 19 content-rich, tightly packed presentations – 15 minutes, 15 minutes, 15 minutes – at the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s “Energy Summit: Infrastructure & Economy,” Thursday, Jan. 31, at The Otesaga, you’d have come to a different conclusion. The discussion’s all about jobs. Energy is the means. Which can…
Energywise, We Can Have It All: Natural Gas Now, Renewables Later The Otsego County Chamber board and president deserve a heartfelt “thank you” for having the vision and courage to host the “Energy Summit.” Speakers from New York and Pennsylvania talked about fossil fuels and renewables including biomass, ethanol, electric cars, wind, solar and geo-thermal. At the end of the day, it was clear that, although promising for the future, renewables are not currently capable of replacing or offsetting our…
MUCH-ANTICIPATED ANNOUNCEMENT KENNEDY UNVEILS ENERGY TASK FORCE AT CHAMBER SUMMIT Entity Will Develop County Policy On Economic Development, Environment By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In an announcement awaited with anticipation, county Rep. Meg Kennedy this morning revealed the 21 people who will comprise the Otsego County Energy Task Force. Charged by the county board, the task force will determine county government’s approach to the sometimes conflicting goals of economic development and environmental projection. Kennedy, who is…
LET’S GET SOME OF STATE’S $1.5B IN GREEN AID It’s Time To Seize Energy Future Locally The local energy debate shows little sign of dying down. On the one side are opponents of any further development of fossil fuels, including natural gas, and on the other side are advocates for expanding the natural-gas infrastructure in our area in hopes of luring new industrial development. Most people, however, are somewhere in the middle. National polling suggests that majorities now see…
Private Life Beckons To Lou Allstadt He Leaves Cooperstown Village Board, But Stays Involved In Public Affairs By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN ‘It’s been my longest job – at the lowest pay,” former Mobil Oil executive vice president Lou Allstadt told his colleagues Monday, Jan. 28, in resigning from the Village Board. Resigning, but it doesn’t mean he’s exactly retiring.…
At Summit, Gas, Green Advocates To Go Mano A Mano To the Editor: The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Energy Infrastructure and Economy Summit will be held at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown on Thursday morning as this edition of Hometown Oneonta comes off the press. The Chamber’s goal is to have a full discussion on energy options for Otsego County, each option discussed according to its merits.…
Around State, ‘Microgrids’ Require Gas From Fracking To the Editor: In his recent response about a microgrid for the railyard, Albert Colone faulted me for not giving him credit for a source of energy that he never mentioned in his original article: biomass. Then he asks who, besides me, would not like that? Well, the hundreds of people who vigorously opposed and ultimately defeated a proposed wood-burning power plant in the railyards a few years ago would probably say, “No…
ON THE RECORD Lacking Pipelines, Con Ed Imposes Moratorium Downstate Editor’s Note: Gas shortages in New York State aren’t limited to Otsego County, give this excerpt from a Politico dispatch from a few days ago. ALBANY – Businesses, developers and homeowners looking to switch to natural gas from oil or get service for new construction projects in much of southern Westchester County are out of luck. Con Edison has officially imposed a moratorium on new firm service in southern Westchester, something it…
