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Cuomo Threatens National Grid: Provide Gas or Lose Your License
New York Times ^ | November 12, 2019 | Michael Gold

Posted on 11/14/2019 6:37:48 AM PST by karpov

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and a utility that provides gas to New York City and Long Island have been locked in a standoff since May, when New York regulators blocked the construction of a $1 billion natural gas pipeline that would have run from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and New York.

The utility, National Grid, says the pipeline is crucial to meeting the rising energy demand in the region and has imposed a moratorium, refusing to activate gas hookups for both new and returning customers.

On Tuesday, the fight took a sharp turn after Mr. Cuomo threatened to revoke National Grid’s license to operate in the southern part of New York.

Mr. Cuomo, in a letter, accused the utility of “mishandling” its gas supply system and recklessly disregarding its obligations as a public utility when it issued the moratorium.

The utility’s fundamental legal obligation “was to plan and provide for future needs,” the governor wrote. “You failed by your own admission.”

National Grid, which supplies gas to 1.8 million customers in New York City and on Long Island, said it would review Mr. Cuomo’s letter and respond accordingly.

“We continue to work with all parties on these critical natural gas supply issues on behalf of all our customers in downstate New York,” the utility said in a statement.

The moratorium has left some people in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island in flux. Developers have been unable to provide gas to new buildings, business owners cannot obtain requested upgrades and homeowners have had to fight to get suspended gas service restored.

“At this point, a number of projects are in limbo because of uncertainty over the energy supply,” said Kathryn S. Wylde, the president of the Partnership for New York City, an influential business group.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: New York
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Politicians want credit for being green but won't own up to the consequences of their policies.
1 posted on 11/14/2019 6:37:48 AM PST by karpov
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Just crank up the psi 50% over capacity and let the whole place blow


2 posted on 11/14/2019 6:40:28 AM PST by digger48
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To: karpov
The utility’s fundamental legal obligation “was to plan and provide for future needs,” the governor wrote. “You failed by your own admission.”

Yeah? How much do they need to contribute to your campaign in order to meet their future needs?

3 posted on 11/14/2019 6:40:50 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would be have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: karpov

Tinpot dictator Cuomo thinks natural gas can be transported if he orders the utility company to turn on the tap.

What a maroon.


4 posted on 11/14/2019 6:42:14 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: karpov; Publius

Ayn Rand was a prophet.....................


5 posted on 11/14/2019 6:43:41 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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"Developers...unable to provide gas to new buildings, business owners cannot obtain..upgrades and homeowners have had to fight to get suspended...service restored."

Sounds like California. Hmm, what do these two (once dynamic) states have in common?

6 posted on 11/14/2019 6:44:13 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: karpov

Hilarious!

How to go from the First World to the Third World in just a few years? Elect a bunch of Democrats.

Good luck, Virginia!


7 posted on 11/14/2019 6:44:21 AM PST by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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Dear Mr Cuomo,

Due to the all but certain litigation that will arise from your complaint, we are Suspending ALL Natural Gas Shipments and Supply to the State of New York in an effort to mitigate any possible damages that may result.


8 posted on 11/14/2019 6:44:27 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: Texas Eagle
The utility’s fundamental legal obligation “was to plan and provide for future needs,”

That's what they are doing you DEMOCRAT IDIOT!.... but I repeat myself.....................

9 posted on 11/14/2019 6:44:56 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: karpov

impeach Andrew “Evil Eye” Cuomo.

Impeachment seems to be all the rage!


10 posted on 11/14/2019 6:46:12 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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It's just like the Soviet Union. Restrict/Regulate/Paralyze/Bureaucratize. Then punish you for your inability to produce.

Amazing, the fact that we're there now.
11 posted on 11/14/2019 6:47:57 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: karpov

Socialists fighting socialists. Love it.

How they operate is fully on display. Restrict access to the things that the masses need ($$$) and force it all to run through politicians and consolidate power.

It’s a lesson about why carbon is this phantom enemy of climate.


12 posted on 11/14/2019 6:48:03 AM PST by z3n
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To: karpov

It’s like Ayn Rand traveled to the future and then wrote Atlas Shrugged. Oh wait, she did, she escaped from a communist country and when you’ve lived in one of them you know the future of every other one.


13 posted on 11/14/2019 6:48:27 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: karpov

What absolute insanity. No words.


14 posted on 11/14/2019 6:48:30 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: Red Badger

I love it how Democrat politicians turn around on a dime and demand the private sector save them from the consequences of their own stupid anti energy policies.

Policies they themselves adopted to help fight climate change. Suddenly fossil fuels aren’t so bad after all! Geez.


15 posted on 11/14/2019 6:48:45 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: karpov

If National Grid were smart they would use this opportunity to disassociate itself from Cuomo and New York State. Eventually New York will be forced to import costly Norwegian or Algerian liquid natural gas. Sure there are already Democratic insiders skimming the contracts. The cost of energy will rise over 40% in NY, Connecticut and NJ over the next five years.


16 posted on 11/14/2019 6:50:10 AM PST by allendale (.)
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To: Red Badger
Ayn Rand was a prophet.

I think Ayn was describing current conditions more so than predicting the future. But she was describing the USSR.

Our voting public has decided to ignore the past and simply let it repeat itself over here.
17 posted on 11/14/2019 6:50:47 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: karpov

The PG&E wildfire saga showed me that utilities are not at all safe investments in places like NY or CA (and probably many other states)

The leftist governments there look at them as stated-owned entities.


18 posted on 11/14/2019 6:50:51 AM PST by PGR88
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“Mr. Cuomo, in a letter, accused the utility of “mishandling” its gas supply system and recklessly disregarding its obligations as a public utility when it issued the moratorium. “

It is Mr Cuomo who is behaving recklessly. They have INTENTIONALLY failed to approve a new natural gas pipeline, to feed the politics of a “green” agenda. Failing to insure the pipeline needed to for an adequate supply is provided, Cuomo then threatens the supplier for doing what is prudent, and best for the system overall - not approving new hook ups.

If it were possible, Cuomo ought to be arrested for “abuse of office” for “political purposes”.


19 posted on 11/14/2019 6:51:00 AM PST by Wuli
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To: digger48
Just crank up the psi 50% over capacity and let the whole place blow

Just follow CuoCuo's orders.

Hook up all the new lines he wants.
The increased flow demand will drop the pressure.
The lower pressure will reduce the flow to below where pilot lights stay on.
No pilot lights will cause a trickle of gas build up in structures.
Gas build up will cause structures to explode and burst into flame.
Gas can then be shut off to the destroyed structures.
This will increase the pressure available for surviving structures and residents.

Problem solved. Easy-peasy

20 posted on 11/14/2019 6:51:28 AM PST by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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