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Buffalo News Another Voice: It’s time for an honest conversation about the CLCPAJustin Wilcox Nov 22, 2023 The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) was hastily passed in 2019, and while the overall goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions remains laudable, mandating decarbonization goals and timetables is not a realistic approach. Since the passage […]

Our Executive Director, Justin Wilcox, was on WGY Mornings with Doug Goudie on Friday, October 13th to to discuss the NYS Public Service Commissions vote to reject additional funding for renewable projects. Listen to the full interview here.

Solar, wind and power line builders tell the state they’ll need to get paid more for their electricity in order to be viable Click here to read the full story in the Times Union by Rick Karlin. ALBANY — Electricity prices could rise 64 percent in order to cover inflation and the higher-than-anticipated costs that […]

Click here for the full story by WTEN’s Amal Tlaige. ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) — With an uptick of New Yorkers leaving the state, businesses are also leaving, according to a report by Bloomberg. Many of them are heading to Florida or Tennessee. “We see these firms going to lower cost states, the same as we […]

Click here to watch the entire Spectrum News piece by Capital Tonight Host Susan Arbetter. The road to control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2024 elections will almost certainly lead through New York. So the how the state deals with newly arrived migrants will likely be a hot-button political issue over the […]

The state has been far too vague on the price tag of the energy transition, and New Yorkers have a right to know before they’re stuck with the bill. Click here to read the full opinion piece by visiting the Albany Times Union. In the rush to pass the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act […]

Our Executive Director, Justin Wilcox, was on WGY Mornings with Doug Goudie this morning to discuss Washington state’s high gas prices and why it could be a warning to New York consumers as Albany leaders continue to push the state’s ambitious climate agenda too quickly. Listen to the full interview here.

BY NICK REISMAN ALBANY/CAPITAL REGION Click here to visit Spectrum News 1 for the full story. Business organizations in New York are warily eyeing the end of the legislative session that also saw an increase in New York’s minimum wage and measures meant to offset the effects of climate change, but ones they worry will lead […]

Click here to read the full letter by visiting the Buffalo News. The state’s chaotic approach to achieving the goals of the CLCPA is putting the reliability of our grid at risk and making energy unaffordable. We’ve experienced enough deadly weather in Western New York to know the importance of energy reliability. Yet, rushed decisions […]

By Rick Karlin Click here to visit the Times Union for the full story. ALBANY – New York’s upstate-downstate division is longstanding and can take many forms. One of the newest iterations of this geographic split emerged earlier this month over electricity rates, amid the push for green energy. Earlier in February, the state Public […]