“Replacement Energy and Capacity Resources for the Indian Point Energy Center Under New York Clean Energy Standard (CES)” by Bob Fagan, Alice Napoleon, Spencer Fields, and Patrick Luckow
“Synapse Energy Economics (Synapse) was engaged by Riverkeeper and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to analyze replacement energy and capacity resources associated with the retirement of the Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC). This report provides such analysis. Synapse utilized the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) ReEDS (Regional Energy Deployment System) modeling system1 to estimate...
“Utility Analyst Report: Indian Point’s Nuclear Power Can Be Replaced With Low-Carbon Options Led By Increased Energy Efficiency & Renewables”
Report for Riverkeeper, NRDC Shows Reliable, Affordable & Clean Power Transition Expected With 2020-2021 Shutdown of Troubled Nuclear Plant Near New York City; Implementation of State’s Clean Energy Policies is Critical NEW YORK – February 23, 2017 – Electricity generation from the aging and problem-plagued Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) nuclear plant north of New...
“Buchanan residents grapple with expected Indian Point loss” by Michael P. McKinney
“BUCHANAN – An emcee was delivering a poem and Valentine’s greetings to the crowd at a recent village Senior Citizens Club meeting, but Ben Martinelli’s thoughts lay elsewhere. “To be honest with you,” said Martinelli, 78, seated for a moment in a Village Hall office secluded from seniors’ festivities, “I’m panicking.” Like others in this northern Westchester County village, where he’s...
“Community Task Force on Indian Point Meets”
This article originally appeared in the Northern Westchester Examiner. To view the original article when it becomes available, search the archives at the link below: http://www.theexaminernews.com/
“Entergy mulls fate of New York nuclear plant as it moves to ‘pure play utility'”
“Entergy has a fairly small window to decide to extend the operation of its 2,069-MW Indian Point nuclear plant in New York if the state has not found suitable replacement power by the time the merchant facility is targeted for retirement in 2021, company officials said Wednesday. The New Orleans-based company is moving ahead with...
Update from the campaign against Cuomo’s $7.6 billion nuclear bailout from Mark Dunlea
I write to update you on the Stop The Cuomo Tax campaign to block Governor Cuomo’s proposed $7.6 billion ratepayer-funded bailout of old, failing upstate nuclear power plants and to let you know some easy ways to help. More than 130 organizations and 36,000 New Yorkers are part of this growing movement, and there is...
“State regulator: We’re ready for Indian Point closure” by Joseph Spector
“ALBANY – The head of the state Public Service Commission assured state lawmakers at a budget hearing Monday that New York is prepared for the shuttering of Indian Point over the next four years. Audrey Zibelman, the commission’s chairwoman, testified New York has been planning for years for the Westchester County nuclear plant’s eventual closure....
“Study: Yonkers, big cities will pay millions for nuke bailout” by Thomas C. Zambito
“The city of Yonkers will pay an extra $3 million to keep its lights on over the next 12 years, according to a study of utility costs linked to a controversial Cuomo administration plan to bail out three upstate nuclear power plants. In fact, all of New York’s big cities will kick in significantly more money...
Gary Shaw interviewed on Uptown Radio
A radio interview that Gary did this past week with a grad student in journalism at Columbia. To listen to the interview, click the link below:
“Parents Advocacy Group to Have Voice with Indian Pt Closure”
These articles originally appeared in the Northern Westchester Examiner. To view the complete articles, when they become available, search the archives at the link below: http://www.theexaminernews.com/
“Open or close? NYers take stance on Indian Point: poll” by Joseph Spector
“ALBANY — A majority of New Yorkers support a state agreement to close Indian Point by 2021, a poll Monday found. By a margin of 54 percent to 30 percent, voters across the state backed a Jan. 9 deal among the nuclear power plant’s owner, environmental groups and the state to shutter the controversial Buchanan...
“Feds OK Transfer of $684M Indian Point Fund to Entergy” by Lanning Taliaferro
“The money is for decommissioning Unit 3 at the nuclear power plant in Cortlandt. PEEKSKILL, NY — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the transfer of the decommissioning trust funds for the James A. FitzPatrick and Indian Point 3 nuclear power plants from the New York Power Authority to Entergy. When Entergy updated us...
