Earlier this week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York state solar installations grew nearly 800% in five years. It took five years and nearly $1.5 billion in private investment to show how solar power can succeed in a northern state. Beginning from a mere 9,000 projects installing 83.06 megawatts (MW) of solar installed in December, […]
You’ve no doubt heard other rumbling ruminations about Governor Cuomo closing the 2,000 MW Indian Point Nuclear by 2021 and replacing it with a 2,400 MW off shore wind farm by 2030. Most who oppose these actions argue that the wind farm will never be able to match the nuclear plant’s output because wind provides […]
Con Edison Rate Hikes Okayed for Next Three Years. Dubbed by the PSC as a means to cover “increased property taxes, new infrastructure investments, higher depreciation expenses and increased operating expenses.” Monthly electric bills are expected to increase 2.3% this year and then 2.4% during each of the two next years. For apartment dwellers, that’s […]
