NEWS, PRESS ADVISORIES, ACTIONS
Susie Ximenez
Tell New York State DON'T RAISE OUR RATES!

Join your neighbors and community organizations, including Citizens for Local Power, Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson, Sane Energy Project, RUPCO, and Alliance for a Green Economy, at the online hearing on October 28, and tell the Public Service Commission why you object to the rate hikes.

Tell New York State DON'T RAISE OUR RATES!

Barriers to a CCA 2.0 model in New York

The PSC’s Order enabling CCA in New York, adopted in 2016, falls short in equipping communities with the tools to implement the 2.0 model. CLP has assessed the possibilities of working within the limits of the state’s regulatory framework and has concluded that changes are needed in the regulatory structure for CCA to deliver meaningful long-term benefits to our communities.

Lincoln Park Grid Support Center

In late 2017 a proposal was made by Chicago-based company GildePath to build a gas-fired power plant in the town of Ulster. The Lincoln Park Grid Support System project would build a 20-megawatt hybrid natural gas (diesel back-up) and battery generation system/power plant on land parcels between NYS Route 32 and US Route 9W. 

Local grassroots opposition is quickly building and a number of community organizations are working together to educate the public on the project. CLP is investigating the prospect of converting the Lincoln Park project to storage only, thus eliminating the development of new natural gas infrastructure.

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Pilgrim Pipelines

A widespread grassroots and local government campaign is underway across Albany, Rensselaer, Greene, Ulster, Orange, and Rockland counties to block proposed construction of the “Pilgrim Pipelines”—twin oil pipelines between the Port of Albany, NY, a refinery in Linden, New Jersey that would carry fracked and highly volatile Bakken crude oil and petroleum products refined from this crude between Albany, NY, and Linden, NJ.  The construction of the first crude oil pipeline in New York since the days of Standard Oil in the 19th century would set a dangerous precedent for expanding permanent infrastructure for this dirty, climate-polluting fossil fuel at a time when New York is seeking to lead the shift to a renewable energy system.

In New York, more than 30 local governments across party lines have passed resolutions of opposition to the project, joined by over 40 local governments opposing the project in NJ. The State Environmental Review of this project is underway, and active public and local government participation will be critical.