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Gov. Cuomo, Approve This Pipeline

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his administration’s decision to block the Williams pipeline is resulting in adverse impacts on New York families, businesses, the economy and the environment. In his op-ed, Jeff Kupfer, former acting Deputy Secretary of Energy in the Bush administration, explains the many reasons why Governor Cuomo should approve of the pipeline.

Given the tremendous need for natural gas service in New York, the decision to delay a major natural gas pipeline is a curious strategy. Once in operation, the pipeline would deliver as much as 400 million cubic feet of natural gas a day to New York City, essential fuel for this growing metropolitan area.

Moreover, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s environmental assessment identified only minimal environmental impacts from the project. In early May, FERC issued a “certificate of public convenience and necessity” which authorized the pipeline extension at the federal level and found the project to be in the public’s best interest.

Read more – New York Daily News

Natural Gas Cutoffs Stifle Business Upstarts and New Housing in New York

Natural gas used for cooking

New York state’s denial of the Williams Cos. pipeline permit is already hurting families, small businesses and stifling development throughout the state, as many struggle to get natural gas supplied to their new projects and businesses.

About $400,000. That’s how much two New York City deli owners say National Grid Plc may cost them by refusing to supply natural gas to a new burger restaurant they’re planning in Brooklyn…The deli owners learned in early July the utility wouldn’t accept their application for gas. Now they say they may have to cancel their plans. “We have already hired employees, who are sitting and waiting, asking ‘When can we come into work?” Muhammad Quereshi, one of the men, said in a telephone interview. The denial, he said, leaves them to pay back $400,000 in business loans they expected would come from the new restaurant’s profits.

Read more – Crain’s New York Business

Don Hartman – Energy Affects Everyone, Even Our Farmers

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The Lights Are Going Out in New York City

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Last week, entire sections of New York City were plagued by a black-out. Broadway musicals held shows in the street, restaurant go-ers ate by candle-light, and others were forced onto their stoops to avoid the heat. While the power eventually came back on, many people are left wondering if something like this could happen again soon. With new policies like being initiated by Governor Cuomo, blackouts like these could happen more often. The Global Warming Policy Forum elaborates here – check it out:

Over the past few years, Cuomo has repeatedly made political decisions that have reduced the reliability of New York’s energy infrastructure…In short, Cuomo is pushing for the biggest changes in New York’s electric grid since Thomas Edison launched the Electric Age on Pearl Street in 1882, and he’s doing so without any understanding of how those changes may affect reliability.

Read more – The Global Warming Policy Forum

Consumer Group Responds as Washington Governor Hits Again at Critical Energy Infrastructure in Minnesota

Pipeline construction with welder

MINNEAPOLIS – Today, Washington Governor Jay Inslee expressed his opposition to the modernization of the Line 3 pipeline, which follows an attack against critical energy infrastructure in Michigan earlier this month, part of the presidential hopeful’s strategy of opposing all energy projects regardless of the potential cost it may have to families, farmers and small businesses who rely on affordable energy, like those in Minnesota.

Responding to Governor Inslee, Consumer Energy Alliance Midwest Executive Director Chris Ventura released the following statement:

“Minnesotans should be able to afford the energy they rely on every day to meet their energy needs in the most environmentally sustainable way possible. Modernizing Minnesota’s critical energy infrastructure is the best way to accomplish this goal.

“The proposed replacement of Line 3 is the most studied pipeline in the history of Minnesota. It is also the best way to avoid environmental risks while also allowing families, farmers, and businesses across the state to have access to the energy they need at the prices they can afford.

“Fact-free attacks against critical energy infrastructure, mirroring the positions of out-of-state radical special interest groups, harm communities across Minnesota, threatening the thousands of jobs Line 3 would create and the tax revenue it would provide to improve school districts.

“We urge our political leaders to carefully examine their rote anti-energy positions and offer tangible solutions to meeting our household energy and environmental needs. Policies should be rooted in economic reality, not rhetoric.”

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About Consumer Energy Alliance
Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) is the leading consumer advocate for energy, bringing together families, farmers, small businesses, distributors, producers, and manufacturers to support America’s environmentally sustainable energy future. With more than 550,000 members nationwide, our mission is to help ensure stable prices and energy security for households and businesses across the country. CEA works daily to encourage people across the nation to seek sensible, realistic, and environmentally responsible solutions to meet our energy needs.

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Emily Haggstrom
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ehaggstrom@consumerenergyalliance.org

CEA Pennsylvania on It’s Your Turn

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Mike Butler, State Director for Consumer Energy Alliance Pennsylvania, shares some tips on staying cool and keeping your electric bill down during the current heat wave with Dave Malarkey on It’s Your Turn.

Mississippi Needs Revenue from Gulf Energy

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CEA Mississippi State Director explains how revenue from energy developed in the Gulf benefits coastal beautification efforts and helps economic development.

Supporters and skeptics of the federal government’s proposed offshore energy plan should keep one number firmly in mind: $31.7 million. That’s how much Mississippi and its coastal counties will receive from the federal government this year, courtesy of revenue from energy currently being produced in U.S.-owned Gulf of Mexico waters.

Read more – Sun Herald

Six Michigan House Democrats Criticize Fight to Shut Down Line 5

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Six Michigan House Democrats released a joint statement on Thursday, July 11th, calling on Attorney General Dana Nassel to stop efforts to shut down Line 5.

Our natural resources and our economy are too important to await the outcome of protracted litigation…We need to start the Line 5 Tunnel now.

Read more – MLive.com

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