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Demand in U.S. Electricity Elevates Risk of Wind/Solar and Highlights Need for Nuclear Power

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For at least four decades, we have been faced with some difficulties in the production and delivery of electricity in the United States. More recently, the primary concern has been the advent of a large increase in demand, mostly due to data centers, cryptocurrency “mining,” and the apparent transition to EVs and appliances. The next concern is the aging national electric grid delivery system. In addition to refurbishment for age, the grid is not ready to accept the huge rising demand expected for electricity. The electric grid is also vulnerable to cyber and EMP attacks, nature, and onerous regulations. Common sense dictates that solutions are needed to ensure that  the most important factor in Americans’ quality of life is that electricity remains available, affordable, and robust.   Despite massive federal funding for renewables that only generate electricity under favorable weather conditions, the solutions for continuous and uninterruptible electricity seem to be farther ...
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Do we think this is a dead issue? Fools Lake Erie turbines AGAIN AND AGAIN

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I think letters, or a Group Letter to Representative Merski and anyone else on that chain of dupes, might be useful. Strong out of the gate. Let's hit the media.   Rep. Robert Merski | Contact Me Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus https://www.pahouse.com  › Merski › Contact         Rep. Robert Merski | Contact Me Rep. Robert Merski serving the 2nd Legislative District. Here's Representative Merski   Again. Sheesh     Lake Erie wind turbines discussion gains attention again       Lake Erie wind turbines discussion gains attention again  
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Wind Turbines on Lake Erie, NYC Mayoral Forum Tonight, NYHEAT & More

  Did You Know-CAWTILE.pdf
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Backers of $3B cable designed to carry wind energy now downplay the wind part

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A $3.26 billion proposal for 90 miles of new high-voltage underground power cables from western Nassau County to Westchester County has evolved in the Trump era from one designed to help move around a bounty of wind energy to one that is power agnostic.   Representatives for the state and private entities hoping to build Propel NY Energy held meetings across Nassau County last week at which they worked hard to stress the project’s benefits for greater grid reliability amid projections of increased energy usage.   At the same time,  they played down its initially stated purpose ,  in a 2023 release from the New York Independent System Operator announcing the project, of “providing transmission capability to deliver at least 3,000 megawatts from offshore wind projects …”   The change comes as Newsday on Monday reported that  Propel could be facing headwinds from the Trump administration's scrutiny of offshore wind . Among many permits needed fo...
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Pilot update / Complaint Procedure

04.-ACWE_LNTP-Appendix-C_Complaint-Resolution-Plan.pdf The Cattaraugus County IDA rescinded the pilot for Invenergy. To file a complaint against Invenergy / ACWE see attachment.
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Beacon Wind has Cancelled.

To all – Government, Media, Colleagues;   Equinor’s Beacon Wind project has withdrawn their application! LETS be warned this may be an attempt to hold out for RAPID act / ORES process which benefits the developer and excludes residents and local government from the planning process.   Beacon Wind Withdrawing application https://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/MatterManagement/MatterFilingItem.aspx?FilingSeq=354855&MatterSeq=68175   POC LINY response to motion https://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/MatterManagement/MatterFilingItem.aspx?FilingSeq=354498&MatterSeq=68175
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Climate Finance Finds Itself at a Pivotal Moment in History

By  Alastair Marsh   April 2, 2025   It took little more than a month after Donald Trump’s election last year for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to retreat from the  industry’s biggest climate coalition . It was the first US bank to do so, but not the last. Within weeks, all of America’s top lenders  followed  Goldman out the door. Wall Street, it appeared,  was engaging in anticipatory obedience  to an administration that’s deeply scornful of climate science,  reviles  net-zero goals and is less-than-shy about trying to punish those who don’t follow its lead. Still, banker fear of the new US president wasn’t the only reason for the exodus.  Wall Street was already souring on the  Net-Zero Banking Alliance . Frustration with the NZBA inside the banks  had been bubbling for some time , according to people familiar with the matter. Since at least last summer, senior bankers from firms including JPMorgan Chase & Co.,...
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