Category: Costs

  • Green Power Gets Pricier After Years of Declines

    This link and article are from today’s WSJ and discuss the rising price of renewable generation. As long as renewables are used in conjunction with existing generation, their use will result in price decreases (or at least they used to).  However, once they get beyond a critical mass that requires storage installation and large modifications…

  • It’s Deja Vu All Over Again

    To quote Yogi Berra, It’s Deja Vu All Over Again.  In June,  it was the NYISO. As New York Lags on Climate Goals, Some Dirty Plants May Stay Open Past Deadline  Air-polluting “peaker” plants were a top priority for closure in New York’s green transition. But the state isn’t building clean energy fast enough to…

  • Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up | New York Focus

    New York’s labyrinthine “rate case” process, explained. Colin Kinniburgh   ·   August 7, 2023IF YOU LIVE IN New York City, get ready for a big electric bill this month. Behind the spike is a little-known, deeply bureaucratic process: Meet the “rate case.”Complete article > The following passage from the article in italics shows how impractical the environmental…

  • Power Plants in NY State

    8/8/2023 Correction: There was an error below. That is what could be operating instead of what they are forcing upon people while complaining that people have Asthma and saying that they are seeking Climate Justice. R. Ellenbogen The following, in bold  italics, regarding the Barrett Island Power Plant was sent to me by a reader of…