On Wednesday, June 27, businesses, organizations, and municipalities are invited to the launch and vendor show that will kick off the Ulster County Green Business Challenge.
Lincoln Park Grid Support Center Project
Why would a Chicago-based company that has never built a fossil-fueled generating plant decide to build one in the Town of Ulster? It’s not entirely clear, but name of the so-called “Lincoln Park Grid Support Center” may give us a clue. The company’s site of the company (GlidePath) explains that its purpose is to offer the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) paid “regulation services and short-term energy during periods of peak demand.”
Central Hudson Rate Case Victory Lowers Fixed Rates
Every few years, each utility has to ask the Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve a rate increase. The hand-in-glove nature of relations between the PSC and the utilities – private, shareholder-owned companies operating as regulated monopolies – often means that the utilities get pretty much what they want. But when CLP and other grass-roots and environmental organizations get into the act, we can make things happen.
