New York must catch up with the rest of the nation. Electricity generated by renewables makes up only 17 percent of our country’s electric supply the other 83 percent comes mostly from natural gas, coal and nuclear.Įven Ernest Moniz, US secretary of energy under President Barack Obama, has argued that natural gas will have a “fairly long run” in the drive to decarbonize the US economy, “because as more and more variable resources are brought into the electricity system, the more you are going to need natural gas for the balancing of that system.” The energy simply does not exist to supplant what activists are attempting to eliminate. While developing alternative fuel sources is a part of progress, activists and politicians must honestly and realistically approach energy policy discussions.
Where does it end?ĭid quantitative easing cause gas price volatility? Now, some fringe activists protest that Cuomo - one of the staunchest opponents of energy infrastructure around - isn’t sufficiently anti-infrastructure. Not long ago, activists backed natural gas, a clean-burning fuel largely responsible for reducing US carbon emissions even as global emissions climb. Despite this, environmental activists continue to move the goal posts. The safest, most efficient and most environmentally conscious method of transporting natural gas is by pipeline. More than 60 percent of electric-generating capacity installed in 2018 was fueled by natural gas. More than one-third of its electric-generating capacity relies on natural gas or fuel oil. New York state is the fifth-largest natural gas consumer for electric power generation. It is used to heat buildings and water, cook and dry clothes. Natural gas is responsible for generating more than 30 percent of the country’s electricity. Whether environmental activists like it or not, natural gas is an essential fuel in our everyday lives. Decreasing our reliance on foreign energy sources also bolsters US national security. A strong domestic energy industry is key to meeting the energy needs of New Yorkers and Americans across the country.
These developments may help to explain why President Trump signed two executive orders last month seeking to streamline the permitting of new energy infrastructure projects. According to the Global Energy Institute, since 2010, New York’s statewide ban on fracking and opposition to new pipeline construction have led to a loss of more than $22 billion in GDP, nearly 200,000 full-time-equivalent job years and almost $5 billion in tax revenue. Andrew Cuomo and their ill-considered energy policies have hampered the development of safe, efficient energy infrastructure, subjecting American consumers to unnecessarily high energy costs and unreliable service. New York officials have used their authority under the Clean Water Act to prevent the much-needed infrastructure project from moving forward.įor too long, politicians like Gov. The Constitution Pipeline, which was to carry natural gas 124 miles from Pennsylvania’s booming shale fields to consumers in New York, has been stalled for six years despite being approved by federal regulators in 2014. This isn’t the first time political hurdles and bureaucracy have stalled pipeline construction in New York. Transco pipeline expansion isn’t approved by May 15.Įarlier this year, energy company Con Ed imposed a similar moratorium on new natural gas service in parts of Westchester County due to limited capacity on existing pipelines. National Grid, which provides natural gas for nearly 600,000 Long Island residents, announced it won’t be able to provide fuel for new customers if the proposed Williams Co. Long Islanders were recently hit with bad news. The costs of Biden's war on oil include higher gas pricesīiden's gift to Putin: Pressuring Democrats on Nord Stream 2 pipelineīuttigieg slammed for urging electric car buying to counter gas prices