Tag: Nuclear power
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Gov Cuomo’s Nuclear Bailout Enters 3rd Year; Cost To NY Electricity Customers Goes Up, Not Down As Cuomo Administration Projected
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In light of the costs rising for the bailout, opponents of the subsidies are renewing their call on the Cuomo administration to make good on its August 1, 2016 promise to create an alternative for customers who do not want to pay the nuclear subsidies.
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Groups Protest Gov Cuomo $7.6 Billion Nuclear Bailout & Demand Renewable Energy
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The Clean Energy Standard is a proposed policy by the New York State Public Service Commission designed to meet the state’s renewable energy goal of producing 50 percent of electricity from renewable energy by 2030.
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CNY Groups To Hold Press Conference Supporting Closure Of FitzPatrick Nuclear Reactor And Calling For A Just Transition
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Advocates will discuss the Cuomo administration’s recent signal that it may incentivize utilities to purchase nuclear energy
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FitzPatrick Reactor Can Be Replaced By Clean And Renewable Energy At Lower Cost
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Jessica Azulay, Program Director of Alliance for a Green Economy, made the following statement in connection with the report: “This analysis incorporates a vision supported by hundreds of New Yorkers in the region who want to see a transition away from dangerous and dirty nuclear power at the same time that the state is transitioning…
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Consumer Watchdogs Criticize Proposed Deal To Shorten The Subsidy For Ginna Nuclear Reactor, Saying It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
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The proposed agreement is better than the original bad deal that RG&E and Constellation tried to ram through before anyone could take a hard look.
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Latest Inspection Of FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant Reveals Unreported Hazards
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Anti-nuclear watchdogs today pointed to the violations revealed at FitzPatrick as evidence that Entergy is mismanaging both plants and that no subsidies should be extended to FitzPatrick.
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AGREE Statement On The Proposed New York “Clean Energy Standard”
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“But the policy released today also includes a mandate that utility customers must prop up the uneconomical and dangerous nuclear power plants in Upstate New York.
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Entergy’s Nuclear Limbo Threatens Public Safety
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“Entergy is not able to turn a profit at FitzPatrick and so it is cutting costs by on the backs of workers and public safety,” said Jessica Azulay, Syracuse-based organizer for the Alliance for a Green Economy.
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Near-Miss Accident At Nine Mile Point To Be Cited By NRC
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The NRC notice also cites a major concern over the lack of time to evacuate the public in the vicinity, due to the fast-breaking nature of the radiation release that could have occurred.
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NRC Accepts Petition Challenging Entergy’s Northeast Nuclear Operations
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The decision by the NRC is an initial victory for residents seeking to shut down the reactors out of concern over a rising number of age-related equipment failures.