Gov. Kathy Hochul may have finally awoken to the state’s looming energy nightmare.
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks as IBM opens a new flagship office in Manhattan with IBM CEO, City and State Officials on September 06, 2024 in New York City.Her energy summit last week was meant to reckon with an inconvenient truth: All the pixie dust in the world won’t help New York meet its goals to abandon fossil fuel.
Above all, the gov refuses to admit that state and city climate laws that “mandated” the impossible, and imposed requirements to supposedly get there, were mere ventures into Fantasy Land.In the city, new limits on emissions from buildings are supposed to cut GHG output by 40% by 2030 and by 100% by 2050.NYPD cracks down on The Post and free press as scandal surrounds Edward Caban
The plan called for closing down fossil-fuel-run power plants without offering a realistic way to replace all the energy they produce, let alone to cover the state’s naturallythe need for more juice — such as having owners electrify their buildings and forcing a mass switch to electric vehicles.As summer approached, a report by the New York Independent System Operator warned of “reliability risks.
They fear being held legally liable if they convert buildings to electric and leave tenants in the dark — or the cold or heat — if there’s no juice.The gov blames “the global pandemic, supply chain issues and increasing energy demands” for her woes and seeks “a fresh look” at the issue while “reconfirming our commitment to the clean energy transition.”To avoid disaster, Hochul should push to put the laws’ mandates on hold until all the holes are plugged — which probably won’t happen for decades.
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