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Aug 28 2025

GUEST COLUMN: Built here, banned here: Hochul’s energy policy contradictions

The Guest Column by Justin Wilcox can also be found on the Daily Gazette’s website here. In New York, we are now in the strange position of building world-class energy technology that cannot be used in our own state. Components manufactured in Schenectady will soon help power grids around the world, but won’t be allowed […]



Jul 24 2025

White House AI plan spurs big tech pushback to proposed N.Y. regulations

BY Kate Lisa New York State PUBLISHED 9:14 PM ET Jul. 24, 2025 Big tech companies hope the release of the White House’s plan to develop artificial intelligence in the U.S. will make state leaders think twice about implementing proposed industry regulations in New York. President Donald Trump’s administration released its blueprint Wednesday to build American AI infrastructure and […]


Jul 15 2025

Syracuse Post Standard: NY’s climate plan is no longer achievable — or affordable (Guest Opinion by Justin Wilcox)

Read the Guest Opinion by Justin Wilcox here. Justin Wilcox, of Brighton, is executive director of Upstate United, a nonpartisan business and taxpayer advocacy coalition focused on growing the Upstate economy. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), New York’s sweeping 2019 law requiring dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, is no longer financially feasible or practically achievable, and […]


Jun 26 2025

Finger Lakes Times Letter: Upstate United: Is the CLCPA dead?

To the Editor: With Gov. Hochul’s directive to the New York Power Authority to add at least 1 gigawatt of nuclear power generation, come many questions. First and foremost, is the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) dead? Making such a major decision to rely on the state’s public electric utility leaves the […]




Jun 12 2025

Buffalo News Another Voice: Utility bills can be Trojan horses for myriad hidden costs

Hey New Yorkers, your utility bill is broken! For decades, your utility bill has been the victim of policies and legislative mandates that have inflated costs unrelated to a utility’s core business, and legal obligation to deliver safe and reliable energy. New Yorkers can’t voice their concerns to their elected officials when these costs remain […]