… pretty simple. “We want to make electric vehicles a mainstream option,” state Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, a Westchester County Democrat who leads the Assembly energy committee, told the Associated Press . “They are becoming more affordable and we need …
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Buying Electric Vehicles In New York Might Get Cheaper Soon
… are becoming more affordable and we need to encourage them,” New York state Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, a Westchester County Democrat leading the Assembly energy committee told the Associated Press (AP) on Friday. According to a November 2016 study by …
NY woman, 23, found dead on Panama island; likely strangled
Catherine Johannet shared this photo of herself in Panama days before she was found dead on an island in the Central American country. A New York woman found dead in Panama has been identified as Catherine Johannet, a 23-year-old tourist from Westchester County.
NY can absorb closing of Indian Point nuke plant
ALBANY, N.Y. >> New York will be able to make up for lost electricity generation after the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant shuts down in 2021, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, announcing a deal between state officials and plant-owner Entergy Corp. that will close the facility by 2021. Sitting along the lower Hudson River about 30 miles north of New York City, Indian Point produces 2,000 megawatts of electrical power – an amount that the company says is the equivalent of a quarter of the power used in New York City and Westchester County.
AP source: Aging New York nuclear plant to close by 2021
The aging Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will close within about four years under a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered to protect the millions of people living nearby. Under the arrangement, plant owner Entergy Corp. will shut both reactors at the Westchester County facility by April 2021.