July 2025 – Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
10 posts published by rogercaiazza during July 2025| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
10 posts published by rogercaiazza during July 2025| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
10 posts published by rogercaiazza during October 2025| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
On October 13, 2025 the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) released its quarterly assessment of reliability of the bulk electric system. The analysis found a deficit in reliability margins for the New York City area and Long Island beginning in summer 2026. As a result, something must be done or there will be unacceptable risks to reliability … Continue reading "NYISO Short-Term Assessment of Reliability October 2025 – Overview"| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
As electric energy prices increase substantially the blame game starts. On October 23, 2025 the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Energy had a public hearing “Protecting Residential Ratepayers from Certain Increased Energy Costs”. This article explains why I think this heating misses the point of the affordability crisis affecting New Yorkers. I am … Continue reading "Assembly Hearing Protecting Residential Ratepayers from Certain Increased Energy Costs"| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
On October 13, 2025 the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) released its quarterly assessment of reliability of the bulk electric system. The analysis found a deficit in reliability margins for the New York City area beginning in summer 2026. NYISO also released the draft 2025-2034 Comprehensive Reliability Plan (CRP), that provides a plan to maintain a reliable … Continue reading "Ellenbogen on Recent NYISO Reliability Concerns"| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
UPDATE 10/18/2025 – In response to a comment the Fort Edward Solar Site Map compared to Washington County Grasslands Wildlife Management Area has been added In my opinion, the deployment of solar resources exemplifies the poor planning inherent in the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act) net-zero transition plan. One of my concerns … Continue reading "New York Solar Siting Travesty"| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
The implementation plans for the New York Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act) net zero transition relies on inverter-based resources like wind, solar, and energy storage. This article highlights a couple of recent documents that describe the reliability challenges introduced by these resources. These reports are another reason we need to pause implementation … Continue reading "Renewable Reliability Risk Reasons to Pause"| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
My last post described comments submitted by the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) on the New York Draft State Energy Plan prepared by the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA). This post summarizes the NYISO recommendations. Net-Zero Aspirations The Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (Climate Act) established a New York … Continue reading "New York Independent System Operator Draft Energy Plan Comments Recommendations"| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
The New York Draft State Energy Plan prepared by the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) comment period closed on October 6. This post summarizes the comments su…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
I have regularly prepared updates on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) annual Investments of Proceeds report. Last year I combined the update with lessons to be learned concerning the relative emission reduction effectiveness of the different investments categories used in the reports. This post updates my past summaries and summarizes the implications relative to … Continue reading "RGGI Investment Proceeds July 2025 Update"| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
The New York Draft State Energy Plan prepared by the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) is currently out for comments. I have been describing my comments in a series of articles. This post describes comments submitted by Richard Ellenbogen and David Dibbell. Ellenbogen Comments Richard Ellenbogen provided the following biography for … Continue reading "Draft Energy Plan Comments Made by Richard Ellenbogen and David Dibbell "| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
This post is a revised version of an article posted at Watts Up With That. It combines information from earlier posts here. The New York Draft State Energy Plan prepared by the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) is currently out for comments. There is absolutely no indication the New York State … Continue reading "New York Draft Energy Plan Health Impacts Analysis Scientific Travesty"| 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
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) recently published for public comment the draft first update to its inaugural Strategic Plan for “developing new renewable energy generation projects to supply N…| 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
In 2022, Micron announced its plans to build the largest semiconductor fabrication facility in the history of the United States. Micron intends to invest up to $100 billion over the next 20-plus ye…| 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
This is a summary of the Climate Act contents of this blog. The opinions expressed on this blog do not reflect the position of any of my previous employers or any other company I have been associat…| Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York
CLCPA Comments Submitted Page This page documents comments that I submitted as part of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act implementation process. Personal Comments on Clean Energy …| 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
