Senate Environment and Energy Chair Bob Smith last week accused Brian Lipman, director of the state’s independent Division of Rate Counsel, of repeatedly saying no to efforts to combat climate change.
Construction on the line to carry Canadian hydropower into New York City continues, assuaging concerns about the viability of the fully permitted project that’s expected to come online in 2026.
New York — the bigger sibling, the one with more money, more power and more attention — is poised to snatch away factories and jobs that New Jersey hoped for.
Developers seeking state subsidies for their renewable projects and NYSERDA, which awards those contracts, are facing an extremely busy last few months of the year.