On August 9, 2018, the New York Public Service Commission approved a petition by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) for a $5 million, three-year natural gas demand response (DR) pilot program, among the first uses of DR for natural gas. Demand response programs help manage utility usage during periods of peak demand. According to Con Edison, firm natural gas dema [ ... ]

Move over, Russia — and Saudi Arabia, too: The United States is now the world’s largest producer of crude oil. “US crude-oil production exceeded that of Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than two decades,” the US Energy Information Administration reported Tuesday. “In June and August, the United States surpassed Russia in crude-oil production for the first time since February 1999 [ ... ]

Otsego County faces many issues and among them is the fact no natural gas means no jobs. Trendy fractivists are just fine with that but others? Not so much. Lately the antis have been petitioning the Otsego County Legislature to ban gas trucks carrying CNG from Pennsylvania across Otsego County to the Iroquois Pipeline in Manheim, New York.  From there the gas can go to NYC or New  [ ... ]

NYS Exposed: Cuomo critics say Rochester, upstate, will bear burden for L.I., N.Y.C. WIND POWER
August 22, 2018 10:34 AM New York government watchdogs raised alarms over the state’s plans to pay for new offshore wind turbines to generate electricity declaring upstate residents would end up footing the bill for downstate power. "Fifty-three percent of the people who a [ ... ]

NOTE: Video presentation begins at 3 min. 30 sec. into video.
Video courtesy of Molinaro for NY campaign.   Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/MarcMolinaroNY/videos/243747152952270/

Republican Candidate for Governor Marc Molinaro 
will host a TOWN HALL for BROOME COUNTY

This Friday, August 24th at 6pm
at the Holiday Inn Downtown,
2 Hawley Street, Binghamton, N.Y. 13901

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

New York’s Attempt To Shutter A $900 Million Gas Plant Last-Minute Failed Miserably

5:24 PM 08/15/2018 Tim Pearce | Energy Reporter

A $900 million New York natural gas plant will begin producing energy for the state after a judge overruled a decision by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to close the plant indefinitely, according to the o [ ... ]

Does Russia Deploy American Green Groups as Pawns? By Vijay Jayaraj | August 14, 2018 | 4:10 PM EDT  The Trump administration, despite being accused of facilitating Russian collusion in the 2016 Presidential election, is, with the rest of America, actually a victim of Russian sabotage. American environmental groups’ threats to halt energy projects and defence op [ ... ]

'Fracking technology, after all, is a proven commodity that has been safely deployed for over 60 years in over a million wells - across the country to great success.' (Forbes)
Gov. Cuomo refuses to acknowledge the science and safety record of fracking. He continues to deny property rights and economic relief to New Yorkers. 
He states the ban, "...makes sense now." It makes [ ... ]

Energy Secretary Perry visits Dominion for its new export facility dedication

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FILE - In this June 20, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Republican members of Congress on immigration in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) When President Trump announced his plan to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Accords in June 2017, the howling cries from left-wing environment [ ... ]

Shutterstock During his successful 1932 run for the White House, New York Gov. Franklin Roosevelt campaigned hard on the issue of electricity affordability. In a speech in Portland, Ore., he told voters that as governor, he had made sure that the New York Public Service Commission was acting “as an agent of the public.” Because electric utilities are monopolies, government’s job was [ ... ]

Congressman Tom Reed Endorses Chele Farley for U.S. Senate NY-23 Representative calls Gillibrand ‘out of touch with our values’ New York, New York - U.S. Senate candidate Chele Farley (R, C, Reform) announced today that she has earned the endorsement of Congressman Tom Reed (NY-23) in her campaign to unseat incumbent Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Reed’s 11-county district inc [ ... ]

Workers install solar panels on the roofs of homes under construction south of Corona Thursday morning May 3, 2018. (Photo by Will Lester- The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
By ROBERT BRYCE | Orange County Register PUBLISHED: July 22, 2018 at 7:00 pm | UPDATED: July 23, 2018 at 7:51 am California policymakers are infatuated with renewable energy and electric veh [ ... ]