New York Energy Alliance
@NYEnergyAllies
Advocating for abundant and reliable electricity for New York State families and industries.
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New York spent twenty years getting oil out of its power plants, from 17 million barrels a winter in the mid-2000s down to almost nothing.
That progress just reversed. Last winter: 4 million barrels, the most since 2008–09. January alone was the biggest oil-burning month in nineteen years.
And the response wasn't a crash program to fix the cause — it was a new grid-operator rule that pays plants to keep oil on site, with penalties if the tanks are empty.
80% of downstate's fossil fleet signed up.
Sign-ups for the winter after next close this Friday. Germany's Energiewiede brought coal-burning back; New York's CLCPA is bringing back oil.
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