IN THE NEWS--INDIAN POINT----NEW YORKERS ARE STILL PAYING FOR CLOSING INDIAN POINT

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IN THE NEWS--INDIAN POINT----NEW YORKERS ARE STILL PAYING FOR CLOSING INDIAN POINT--The shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear energy plan has resulted in higher electricity prices and increased climate-changing carbon emissions.AP/Julie Jacobson

Among the many ways New York is still paying for the erratic-but-forceful leadership of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the soaring expense and growing unreliability of the electric grid likely tops the list. Cuomo forced the shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear plant even as he rammed through the insane 2019 “Climate Leadership” law that demands an impossibly radical and expensive shift to wind and solar to produce most of the state’s power.

Fully embraced by Gov. Hochul, the climate law insists the state get 70% of its energy from non-carbon-fuels by 2030 — and 100% by 2040.

Yet the Indian Point shutdown pushed it farther from that goal: Those nuke plants had provided 25% of New York City’s power. READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2024/05/05/opinion/new-yorkers-are-still-paying-for-closing-indian-point

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