Anti-nuclear activists are blasting the state for agreeing to turn over about $1.5 billion it held in nuclear plant decommissioning funds to two energy companies. The New York Power Authority agreed to transfer the $683.8 million decommission fund for the Indian Point nuclear plant to Entergy, which recently reached agreement with the state to shut down the Westchester County facility by 2021.
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Cortlandt Forum Tackles Indian Point’s Planned Closure
… of Congresswoman Nita Lowey’s, state Sen. Terrence Murphy, state Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, Westchester County Legislature Chairman Michael Kaplowitz, county Legislator Catherine Borgia, county Legislator John Testa, Buchanan Mayor Therese …
Letter: Indian Point plant closure a costly decision by state
… N.Y. Although the plant provides about a quarter of the electricity in New York City and suburban Westchester County, experts agree that taking he plant offline by 2021 should have a negligible long-term impact on supply. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) …
New York’s Nuclear Option
A boat moves along the Hudson River in front of the Indian Point nuclear power plant on March 18, 2011 in Buchanan, New York. Rob Astorino , Westchester County Executive, discusses Governor Andrew Cuomo’s agreement with the owner of the Indian Point nuclear power plant to shut down both its operating reactors by 2021 and what this means for his constituents.
Astorino Blames Cuomo For Indian Point Closure, Saying ‘The Joke’s On Us’
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said the closing of Indian Point in Buchanan is typical behavior from Governor Andrew Cuomo. Astorino, who unsuccessfully challenged Cuomo in 2014, held a press conference in Tarrytown at the Double Tree on Monday following Entergy’s press conference of its own at the hotel to confirm it was closing the nuclear power plant in 2020 and 2021.
Cuomo: Indian Point is too dangerous
… also laid out a plan to make college education more affordable for all New Yorkers. Cuomo will speak in Westchester County on Tuesday. Additional addresses are planned for Long Island, Syracuse and Albany later in the week. Governors traditionally …
Aging Indian Point nuclear plant to close by 2021
… and have brown-outs and a lack of energy to get us through days like today, a very cold day,” says Westchester County Legislator John Testa (R). Opponents of Indian Point insist the plant should have been shut down years ago. “This is the classic …
Sustainable Saturday: After Indian Point
… a clean energy future. An agreement to shutter the ailing Indian Point nuclear reactors in Buchanan, NY (Westchester County) was announced on January 9. Under the deal hammered out between keep its employees on board until the shutdown, finding new …
The shutdown of New York’s Indian Point is far from the end of nuclear power
… most populous city. Mr. Cuomo will get his wish in 2021, as the Indian Point Nuclear Power plant in Westchester County will shut down its two nuclear reactors under an agreement New York State reached with plant owner Entergy, The New York Times …
Faces in the newsroom: Q & A with Associate Times Union
… to evolve. I was born in Troy, and I grew up in Troy. After college I worked in Dutchess County, Westchester County and the Hudson Valley. I came to Albany in 1978 as a reporter to work for The Knickerbocker News. It was an afternoon newspaper that …