Thnks cuomo ...America’s Power Grid Is Showing Signs of Strain During Brutal Cold

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America’s Power Grid Is Showing Signs of Strain During Brutal Cold
Some power plants in New England are running short on fuel oil

• In Midwest, some facilities are having trouble procuring gas

• In the Midwest, some natural gas plants are having trouble getting supplies, forcing outages and increased use of fuel oil, Dustin Smith, a spokesman for the Southwest Power Pool, said on Tuesday.
  
  
  Some power plants in New England that have been burning oil are running short on fuel, according to Marcia Blomberg, a spokeswoman for ISO New England Inc., the region’s grid operator. Restrictions governing air emissions are also a factor limiting their use.
  
  
  
  
  “As oil inventories are depleted, replenishment of these fuels will be important given the uncertainty around weather and future fuel demands for the remaining two months of the winter period,” she said by email on Tuesday.
  
  
  Oil, a scant contributor to the nation’s power supply in normal weather conditions, has accounted for about 30 percent of New England’s electricity in recent days after temperatures plunged below freezing. A lack of pipeline capacity has constrained gas supplies to the region in recent years, causing prices to surge during severe cold snaps.
  
  Nonetheless, spot power on PJM Interconnection LLC’s benchmark Western hub fell 3.7 percent to $124.96 a megawatt-hour between 10 and 11 a.m. local time, according to Genscape Inc. data compiled by Bloomberg. Across the PJM grid earlier Wednesday morning, the load exceeded 136,000 megawatts, up 1.8 percent from yesterday and the highest since February 2015.

America’s Power Grid Is Showing Signs of Strain During Brutal Cold

 

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The Cuomo Administration Interstate Pipeline Trilogy
The first of the trilogy of adverse decisions was rendered by the Department on April 22, 2016, when it denied Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC’s (“Constitution’s”) application for certification, pursuant to the Section 401 of the CWA, of that the portion of Constitution’s proposed 121-mile interstate natural gas pipeline in New York State. In denying the application, the Department concluded that Constitution’s project did not mitigate adverse consequences to streams and wetlands, and that a less impactful alternative was available. Notably, Constitution received all other federal approvals required for the construction and operation of the project, including certification from FERC.

Constitution responded with two separate court actions; one in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (“Northern District”) and one in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Second Circuit”). The Northern District case challenged the requirement of the Department’s decision indicating that a permit under the State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“SPDES”) program was required. Constitution asserted that the SPDES program was preempted by federal law. On a motion to dismiss, the Northern District denied jurisdiction on the grounds that Constitution had not suffered an injury-in-fact and, therefore, Constitution did not have standing to bring the case. As a consequence, the Northern District did not reach the merits of that case.

The second Department denial in the trilogy relates to the proposed pipeline project by National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation and Empire Pipeline, Inc. (collectively, “National Fuel”) to construct a new 97-mile, 24-inch diameter interstate transmission pipeline that would transport natural gas extracted in Pennsylvania and areas in New York to areas within the State of New York, the Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States and Canada. Again, similar to Constitution’s project, this project received all other approvals, including a certificate from FERC. In denying the project, the Department concluded that the application failed to demonstrate compliance with the New York State water quality standards. Sound familiar?
The final Department denial in the trilogy relates to the proposed lateral expansion of the Millennium Pipeline known as the Valley Lateral Project, which is a lateral 7.9-mile, 16-inch diameter natural gas pipeline that to connect the existing Millennium Pipeline to the controversial 650-megawatt gas-powered CPV Valley Energy Center in Orange County, New York. This denial presents a new twist.

The Department had objected to FERC’s review of the Valley Lateral Project on the grounds that the environmental review is insufficient for failing to consider greenhouse gas emission impacts from the project. Based upon a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“DC Circuit”) in Sierra Club v. FERC, dated August 22, 2017, the Department concluded that the environmental review was, in fact, deficient for failure to consider downstream greenhouse gas impacts of natural gas use. Thus, this case was decided based upon greenhouse gas issues, not water quality issues.

The Cuomo Administration Interstate Pipeline Trilogy

 

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That's okay, he is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, he has to out-crazy Bernie on environmental issues, recall Sanders stating that climate change was more of a threat than ISIS, the DNC is just a retard fest.