October 2025 – Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
10 posts published by rogercaiazza during October 2025| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
10 posts published by rogercaiazza during October 2025| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
On September 18, 2025 the Public Service Commission (PSC) announced that they “received an update from Department of Public Service (DPS) staff regarding progress toward the clean energy goals of t…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
9 posts published by rogercaiazza during June 2025| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
9 posts published by rogercaiazza during September 2025| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
The New York Draft State Energy Plan is currently out for comments. While I have submitted oral comments at three hearings I have no intention of preparing detailed written comments on many t…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
I believe that the New York Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act) has always been about politics. It was enacted to cater to specific constituencies and implementati…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
10 posts published by rogercaiazza during August 2025| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
My last post described a letter sent by two members of the Climate Action Council, Donna DeCarolis and Dennis Elsenbeck, to Rory Christian, Chair & Chief Executive Officer of the New Yok …| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
This is part of my continuing coverage of the New York State Energy Plan. On July 23, 2025, the Draft Energy Plan was released for comment. This post explains how the analyses for the D…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
Last March environmental activists sued the State of New York because the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) was not promulgating the regulations for the New York Cap and Invest (…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
Note: This post was updated on 7/22/25 to note that the “Limited Building Rate Scenario” projects a zero-emissions grid in 2045, five years later than the Climate Act target. This is part of…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
This is part of my continuing coverage of the New York State Energy Plan. This is the first update to the Plan since the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act) was im…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
This is part of my continuing coverage of the New York State Energy Plan. My intent is to describe most of the sections of the June 25, 2025, meeting presentation. As part of my attempt…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
The development of the New York State Energy Plan is underway but I have been remiss on providing updates. Frankly, there hasn’t been too much to write about until the latest meeting on June …| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
Proponents of the New York Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act) don’t acknowledge that there are affordability and reliability safety valves. Worse, the rate case p…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
The first regulation associated with the New York Cap and Invest (NYCI) Program is currently out for comment. The regulation establishes mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reporting requ…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
I am a meteorologist (BS and MS degrees), was certified as a consulting meteorologist and have worked in the air quality industry for over 40 years. I author two blogs. Environmental staff in any …| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
Several recent reports show that New York’s Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act) is not going as planned. It appears that Governor Hochul is becoming aware that rea…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
A different version of this article was published at Watts Up With That. As part of the Department of Public Service Proceeding 15-E-0302 a technical conference was held on December 11 and 12, 2023…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
