Posted on 10/21/2019 10:11:33 AM PDT by karpov
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has a habit of bullying others to cover for and fix his policy blunders. In another display of political grace, Mr. Cuomo has ordered the utility National Grid to resume natural-gas hookups that were suspended after his senseless pipeline veto this spring.
Mr. Cuomo wants to make New York ground zero in the left’s plan to purge fossil fuels. First he banned shale fracking in southern New York despite its huge potential to boost local economies. Then he blocked a natural-gas pipeline from Pennsylvania that would have reduced energy bills and reliance on heating oil.
As a coup de grâce, in May he vetoed another pipeline to bring natural gas to Long Island from New Jersey. National Grid, which provides natural gas on Long Island, responded rationally by imposing a moratorium on natural-gas hookups to prevent supply disruptions when demand spikes in the winter.
This essentially stranded tens of thousands of folks waiting for gas hookups, including more than a thousand who had deactivated their service after moving or renovating. Apparently Mr. Cuomo didn’t understand that the result of his pipeline blockade was to force residents to use more expensive and less-efficient electric appliances for space and water heating.
After folks on Long Island protested—one homeless shelter estimated that electrification would cost an additional $200,000—Mr. Cuomo last week ordered National Grid to reconnect over a thousand customers. He also directed state regulators to investigate National Grid’s decision to disrupt natural gas service and threatened to yank its monopoly.
National Grid now says it plans to truck in compressed natural gas to meet peak demand. Exactly how will this reduce CO2 emissions?
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Cuomo has to be profitting from all this. It’s in the genes.
Those that elect a-holes like the Cuomos should live with the consequences of their votes.
Those that do not vote for people like Cuomo should sell out, pack up and move to a Free State.
Coming to the Northeast...more taxes on heating oil...an idea imported from Seattle.
.The tax of 24 cents per gallon will be collected starting Sept. 1, 2020, and the city expects it to raise $1.6 million in 2021.
As many as 18,000 Seattle households still use oil heat, according to the Durkan administration, though that number has been dwindling. Heating oil costs about $3 per gallon, according to one local company.
The mayor proposed the tax last month and the City Council voted unanimously to pass it last week, adding a provision that exempts non-petroleum based portions of biodiesel blends.
Durkan linked the measure to the recent Global Climate Strike demonstrations, saying the action will serve “our climate, our economy” and the next generation.
Could be a very cold winter for both groups. Let hope that people remember who voted for him and consequences are forthcoming in the next and all future elections until the end of time.
Maybe Pennsylvania should charge a natural gas export tax on gas transfers to New York State to less the tax burden on Pennsylvania residents.
Ukraine made lots of Euros off Russian gas shipments to Western Europe.
This from a guy who grew up in Buffalo, NY.
I’d say de Blowsthehole is like a terminal cancer for NYC.
Our civilization depends on cheap petroleum products for energy. Denial of this is insane.
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