This issue doesn’t have anything to do with NYRI in and of itself, but it’s something different: The Delaware County Electric Cooperative, which has 5,000 members in some of the counties that happen to affected by the proposed NYRI line, has filed an application with FERC to build new hydroelectric turbines at four Catskills […]

Has it really been two years since I first posted on this issue? Yes indeed, New York Regional Interconnect erupted as an issue in May 2006 and the fun still hasn’t stopped. So who’s up, who’s down now?
NYRI has been handed a setback with a rejection of their application for federal incentives. […]

Power line mania continues. New York needs an energy policy for the people.

The federal government hands anti-NYRI groups more silverware for their cannon.

Manifest Destiny, right here in River City.

The skies of November have turned gloomy.

The powerline is dealt a setback in federal court.

A few quick words on the federal ruling everyone monitoring the NYRI situation had been expecting for a long time. Or rather, one key word for people (like myself) who live outside of the area affected by this proposed project: Observe.
The company behind NYRI has always struck me as having two left feet […]

Simon St. Laurent (of Living in Dryden) has come up with fascinating new blog project called Upstate 2050. He’s looking for people to contribute their own creatively written imaginations of what Upstate voices will be saying in 43 years. Simon writes:
Over the past few weeks, thanks to insomnia generated by our local […]

And here I thought I was paying attention… wow, how’d this one get by?
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed against state Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo, D-Endwell, and others by an energy company that wants to develop a power line through upstate New York. New York Regional Interconnect filed […]