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ccarrick

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9. No blank check for outdated nukes

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #8)

Mon May 1, 2017, 12:29 PM

May 2017

I generally agree, but the problem is that Cuomo's nuke tax, through the use of Zero Emission Credits (ZECs), is a commitment with no end in sight. For the $500 million a year, we could finally get those offshore wind projects going and build up a supply chain here in New York that would create thousands of jobs. We have GE - let's build on that.

Ditto with storage - we have the Battery Energy Storage Technology (BEST) consortium and a good base of storage companies already here in the state.

And let's finally build the transmission lines down the Hudson Valley to bring in low-cost hydro from Quebec.

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