In 2019, despite decades of subsidies, all of the state’s wind and solar facilities generated just five terawatt-hours of power, less than one-third the output of Indian Point and less than 4 percent of the total energy generated in the state. Without it, Gotham is facing blackouts during the sweltering days of summer, especially on hazy, windless days. Yet that new pipeline capacity will be sorely needed now: to deliver additional natural-gas supplies to the power plants needed to replace the roughly 16 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity that Indian Point generated every year. He has refused to allow new gas pipelines to be built that would allow residents to enjoy the benefits of low-cost natural gas. In reality, the final shutdown of Indian Point is yet another milestone in the governor’s ongoing assault on the state’s energy infrastructure. Neither man offered a word about whether subsidizing the state’s three Upstate nuclear plants, to the tune of about half a billion dollars a year, after operator Exelon threatened to shut down those plants, is also a major victory for the health and safety of millions of New Yorkers. Then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman also chimed in, claiming that “shutting down the Indian Point power plant is a major victory for the health and safety of millions of New Yorkers and will help kick-start the state’s clean-energy future.” Why? Well, back in January 2017 the governor claimed that Indian Point was just too dangerous to be allowed to operate. In its place, he will - eventually - offer high-cost and intermittent offshore-wind power, as well as solar. He has forced the closure of the highly reliable, low-cost and emissions-free source of 10 percent of the Empire State’s electricity - and 25 percent of Gotham’s power. The premature shutdown of the 2,069-megawatt nuclear plant perfectly encapsulates the governor’s green-energy madness. Andrew Cuomo’s anti-nuclear vendetta, Unit Three of the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, NY, will permanently shut down this Friday, one year after its sister unit was forced to close. Indian Point nuclear-reactor shutdown a huge blow to New York’s environmentĪ pandemic is the wrong time to shut down NYC’s top source of electricityįinding ‘clean power’ is the least of New York’s energy worries New Yorkers can thank Dems’ catastrophic climate policy for skyrocketing energy bills
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