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The Partial Observer: A New Push for the Build Public Renewables Act

No credible fiscal or engineering analysis was ever presented to support the state plan. While Governor Hochul herself recently noted that state policy will prove costly, any expense at all to tax- or rate-payers in pursuit of a plan which will not work, which, ultimately, will require a new plan to fix the ensuing energy catastrophe, is a mistake.…

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The Partial Observer: HEAT Act Nothing But a Hot Mess

Who will pay for NY HEAT? The cost of a $672-million bailout for a few of the hundreds of thousands of utility customers currently in arrears will be borne by other utility customers. Every New Yorker will help fund subsidies for industrial solar and wind projects which could gobble up a million acres and yet fail to provide reliable electricity.…

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Higgins, Schue To Discuss Energy Transition

Retired professor Dennis Higgins and engineer Keith Schue will present a talk titled “Can New York Combat Climate Change without Destroying Communities?” at Huntington Memorial Library at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15.…

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Can New York Combat Climate Change Without Destroying Communities?

Dennis Higgins and Keith Schue will speak about the New York State Climate Action Plan in a free community presentation next Wednesday, August 16 at 7 p.m. at the Litchfield Town Hall. The presentation, titled “Can New York Combat Climate Change Without Destroying Communities?” will address such concerns as ecological impact, cost to taxpayers and the state’s accelerated renewable-siting process.…

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Fossil fuel, not nuclear, is the real enemy among energy sources

Fossil fuel, not nuclear, is the real enemy among energy sources Mr. Mellor’s recent opinion piece suggested we are well on our way to meeting state energy goals with wind and solar. Mellor looks at cost and feasibility, but the issues are more complex than he suggests. When solar panels are in full sun — and if the electricity they produce is consumed during that time — the cost of solar is relatively cheap. That’s true. However, solar power is…