This is upstate NY vs. New York City. Upstate we have excess electricy right now. A firm wants to take some of the excess and run it to NYC by building large transmission towers and using eminent domain where necessary. Benefit to NYC - more electricity at a lower cost. Benefit to upstate- none. Disadvantages to upstate - increase cost for electricity (right now it is 15 cents/kWh), lower real estate values for homes along the transmission line. NYC should build generating plants near the city. This issue has united both democrats and republicans in the affected counties up here.
Right now I pay over a $1.50kwh in Houston, Texas. We use lots and lots of kwhs during the summer. So it's extremely expensive. People are paying as much as a house payment to cool their homes.
#339, some things never change, it is bad enough that they tax,and regulate all the good Industry out of Central and Western NY,now they want to trash the Pristine environment so it will look as yukky as NY City. starting way back in Rockefeller's time that have heavily taxed upstate and Central NY to the benefit of the Subway riders in NYCity. That is why Hillary was able to win over some of the poor unfortunates there with her lies on top of lies on her useless listening tour. She promised the world and has brought nothing but more Business closings, and more tax and regulations. It will only get worse once Spitzer is the Governor. With Clinton,Schumer, and Spitzer, there will be an even bigger Exodus than there is now.