New EPA Rule Hits Coal-Fired Plants; Oil Price Hurts ‘Megaprojects’; Bothered...
ELECTRICITY PLANTS THAT ARE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON COAL COULD PAY ‘A PARTICULARLY HEAVY PRICE’ UNDER NEW RULES on the disposal of coal ash and steam-generator effluents, SLN reports this week. The SNL...
View Article‘NRG’s Grand Ambition to Dominate the Solar Market’
The Green Tech blog on Forbes.com this morning features an article that delves into NRG Energy’s expanding presence in the U.S. solar-energy market. The article, by Ucilia Wang, writes that NRG is...
View ArticleNRG Aims to Double Revenues by Pursuing Clean-Energy Markets
In a presentation this month on investors and analysts, NRG President and CEO David Crane said NRG will double its revenue over the next two years, largely on the back it its renewable-energy push....
View ArticleA Cynical Utility Industry Shows Its Cards (Shift Risk to Ratepayers and Kill...
The U.S. utility industry in its annual presentation to investment bankers and analysts last week laid its cards on the table, albeit in cynical fashion. A “Wall Street Briefing” presented and...
View ArticleWestern NY Area Labor Federation Affirms Commitment to Just Transition
The Buffalo News reported yesterday that the Western New York Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, re-elected its officers at its annual meeting this weekend, and included the issue of “’just transitions,’...
View ArticleSome Utilities Getting Out Ahead of EPA Clean Power Plan
Some utilities are moving aggressively ahead with emissions reductions, through energy efficiency and renewable energy, according to an article by Eric Wolff in SNL Financial. The article highlights...
View Article‘Economics—Not Taxes or the Environment’ Is Driving Huntley Closing
T.J. Pignataro for the Buffalo News: It was economics – not taxes or the environment – that drove the business decision. “We don’t foresee any scenario where the plant would be economically viable,”...
View ArticleOpportunity Knocks With Closing of Coal-Fired Power Plant in Upstate New York
When we published our report about the fading financial viability of the aging Huntley Generation Station in early 2014, the facts showed the facility was all but destined to close. It had marginal...
View ArticleA Choice in Upstate New York as NRG Closes Its Huntley Power Plant
On Aug. 28, NRG Energy announced its intention to retire the Huntley Station power plant in upstate New York. Huntley currently pays a total of $6 million in revenue to our local municipalities and...
View ArticleNRG Continues to Seek Bailout for Failing Upstate New York Power Plant
Scott Waldman for Politico: A struggling coal-burning power plant outside Buffalo is looking into how much it would cost for ratepayers to subsidize it for another few years of operation. NRG Energy...
View ArticleReport- Huntley Generating Station: Coal Plant’s Weak Financial Outlook Calls...
Huntley Generating Station: Coal Plant’s Weak Financial Outlook Calls For Corporate And Community Leadership (pdf)
View ArticlePress release: NRG’s troubled Huntley coal-fired power plant in Western NY...
Report Outlines Options for Community to Adjust for Loss of 70 Jobs, 6 Percent of Local School Financing; Low Natural Gas Prices, Increased Efficiency Among Factors Behind Average $1 Million Annual...
View ArticleReport puts cloud over Huntley plant
By David Bertola, Business First – BUFFALO- “A new report requested by the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York says that NRG’s Huntley coal-fired power plant in Tonawanda ‘does not appear to be...
View ArticleHuntley Station plant in Tonawanda facing possible shutdown, environmental...
By Joseph Popiolkowski, Bloomberb Businessweek – “The coal-fired Huntley Station power plant in the Town of Tonawanda is losing money and is at risk of being shut down, a new report commissioned by an...
View ArticleReport paints bleak picture for Tonawanda power plant
By Omar Fetouh, WBFO Buffalo’s NPR Station – “…The River Road generating station, owned by NRG Energy, began operating in 1942. Four of its six operating units have been shut down in the past decade....
View ArticleNRG Huntley plant belching red ink
BUFFALO- “NRG’s coal plant in the Town of Tonawanda is losing an average of $1 million a year and is at risk of closing, according to a new report. The report by the Institute for Energy Economics and...
View ArticleReport calls for coal-powered plant in Tonawanda to close
By Gib Snyder, Observer – DUNKIRK- “An environmental group is calling for the closing of the Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, which is owned by NRG. Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of...
View ArticleNRG coal plant in New York not financially viable, study claims
By Matthew Bandyk, SNL Financial – “A 1950s-era coal-fired plant in western New York owned by NRG Energy Inc. is at risk for retirement over the next few years as it loses money, accordingto a Jan. 28...
View ArticleHuntley Station faces dirty coal dilemma
By David Robinson, The Buffalo News – “There’s no question the Huntley Station in the Town of Tonawanda is in a bad spot. Coal-fired power plants across the country have long been under the gun from...
View ArticlePessimistic report on Huntley plant should have local officials scrambling
Opinion, The Buffalo News – BUFFALO- “A new report on the coal-fired Huntley Station power plant in the Town of Tonawanda, while reflecting the bias of its anti-coal authors, should still be must...
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