SNL: IEEFA Study Foretold of New York Coal-Fired Plant’s Demise
Matthew Bandyk for SNL: More than a year ago, a study predicted the plant’s demise, saying that it would continue to lose money for the foreseeable future because power prices would not recover enough...
View ArticleEditorial: Huntley Coal Plant Closing Is Manageable
From the Buffalo News: The closing was, in any case, inevitable. Its demise was foretold and that, at least, has given those affected time to plan. The downside is all about pain: loss of jobs,...
View ArticlePolitico: ‘Economic Lifeline Could Keep Struggling Coal Plants Open’
Scott Waldman for Politico: NRG’s decision to close the Huntley and Dunkirk plants is a sign that the open market is working, where older and dirtier power plants can’t compete with newer and cleaner...
View ArticleOpportunity Knocks With Closing of Coal-Fired Power Plant in Upstate New York
When we published our report about the fading financial viability of the aging Huntley Generation Station in early 2014, the facts showed the facility was all but destined to close. It had marginal...
View ArticleSchumer Announces Federal Push to Support Post-Coal Economy in Tonawanda, N.Y.
The Dunkirk (N.Y.) Observer: On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer launched his push to secure federal funding to study ways to better ensure the financial stability for the town of Tonawanda....
View ArticleMove to Gain Federal Support for Energy Economy in Upstate New York
The Buffalo News: The federal government should commit funding to help the Town of Tonawanda and the University at Buffalo Regional Institute come up with a long-term economic plan to deal with the...
View ArticleWe Have a Choice in Upstate New York as NRG Closes Its Huntley Power Plant
On Aug. 28, NRG Energy announced its intention to retire the Huntley Station power plant in upstate New York. Huntley currently pays a total of $6 million in revenue to our local municipalities and...
View ArticleNRG Continues to Seek Bailout for Failing Upstate New York Power Plant
Scott Waldman for Politico: A struggling coal-burning power plant outside Buffalo is looking into how much it would cost for ratepayers to subsidize it for another few years of operation. NRG Energy...
View ArticleNYISO Concludes Huntley and Dunkirk Plants Are Not Needed for Grid Reliability
David Bertola in Buffalo Business First: Results of an independent study of two Western New York coal-burning power plants say that neither facility is needed, and that they can prepare to be closed....
View ArticleStudy: Two Western New York Coal-Burning Plants Can Be Closed
Scott Waldman for Politico: An independent examination of two struggling coal-burning power plants in Western New York has found that neither is needed to maintain reliability of the state’s electrical...
View ArticleReport- Huntley Generating Station: Coal Plant’s Weak Financial Outlook Calls...
Huntley Generating Station: Coal Plant’s Weak Financial Outlook Calls For Corporate And Community Leadership (pdf)
View ArticlePress release: NRG’s troubled Huntley coal-fired power plant in Western NY...
Report Outlines Options for Community to Adjust for Loss of 70 Jobs, 6 Percent of Local School Financing; Low Natural Gas Prices, Increased Efficiency Among Factors Behind Average $1 Million Annual...
View ArticlePresentation- Huntley Generating Station: Coal Plant’s Weak Financial Outlook...
Huntley Generating Station: Coal Plant’s Weak Financial Outlook Calls For Corporate And Community Leadership (PPT)
View ArticleHuntley Station plant in Tonawanda facing possible shut down, environmental...
By David Robinson, News Business Reporter – BUFFALO- “The coal-fired Huntley Station power plant in the Town of Tonawanda is losing money and is at risk of being shut down, a new report commissioned...
View ArticleReport puts cloud over Huntley plant
By David Bertola, Business First – BUFFALO- “A new report requested by the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York says that NRG’s Huntley coal-fired power plant in Tonawanda ‘does not appear to be...
View ArticleHuntley Station plant in Tonawanda facing possible shutdown, environmental...
By Joseph Popiolkowski, Bloomberb Businessweek – “The coal-fired Huntley Station power plant in the Town of Tonawanda is losing money and is at risk of being shut down, a new report commissioned by an...
View ArticleReport paints bleak picture for Tonawanda power plant
By Omar Fetouh, WBFO Buffalo’s NPR Station – “…The River Road generating station, owned by NRG Energy, began operating in 1942. Four of its six operating units have been shut down in the past decade....
View ArticleNRG Huntley plant belching red ink
BUFFALO- “NRG’s coal plant in the Town of Tonawanda is losing an average of $1 million a year and is at risk of closing, according to a new report. The report by the Institute for Energy Economics and...
View ArticleReport calls for coal-powered plant in Tonawanda to close
By Gib Snyder, Observer – DUNKIRK- “An environmental group is calling for the closing of the Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, which is owned by NRG. Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of...
View ArticleNRG coal plant in New York not financially viable, study claims
By Matthew Bandyk, SNL Financial – “A 1950s-era coal-fired plant in western New York owned by NRG Energy Inc. is at risk for retirement over the next few years as it loses money, accordingto a Jan. 28...
View ArticleHuntley Station faces dirty coal dilemma
By David Robinson, The Buffalo News – “There’s no question the Huntley Station in the Town of Tonawanda is in a bad spot. Coal-fired power plants across the country have long been under the gun from...
View ArticlePessimistic report on Huntley plant should have local officials scrambling
Opinion, The Buffalo News – BUFFALO- “A new report on the coal-fired Huntley Station power plant in the Town of Tonawanda, while reflecting the bias of its anti-coal authors, should still be must...
View ArticleCoalition hosting Huntley forums in town
Staff reporter, The Tonawanda News – “Clean Air Coalition is holding a series of public forums to discuss the release of a recent report that indicates Huntley Station power plant in the Town of...
View ArticleClean Air Coalition hosts brainstorming assembly on Huntley power plant
By Jessica Bagley, The Tonawanda News – “TOWN OF TONAWANDA — Dozens of locals attended a Clean Air Coalition assembly Saturday to discuss how to assist employees and local governments if the Huntley...
View ArticleClean Air to meet on Huntley plant
By Jessica Bagley, Tonawanda News – TONAWANDA, NY – “The Clean Air Coalition is hosting a conference with national experts on coal finance, renewable energy and sustainable jobs to discuss how to...
View ArticlePower Point : The Risks Facing Coal-Fired Generators in 2014 and Coming Years
The Risks Facing Coal-Fired Generators in 2014 and Coming Years, by David Schlissel, June 7, 2014
View ArticleNRG’s Latest Solar Acquisition Draws Attention
Utility giant NRG’s purchase this week of Canadian rooftop solar company Pure Energies serves as a reminder that “NRG is in the process of reimagining itself, and selling that vision to investors, as...
View ArticleSNL Research Sees Coal Conversions and Retirements Gaining Momentum
SNL REPORTS TODAY ON A WAVE OF PLANT CONVERSIONS and closures sweeping the coal-fired electricity industry. The SNL reporters who wrote the article—Michael Niven and Neil Powell—note that while...
View ArticleTrans-Canada End Run; Consol Energy; Buffalo News Editorial; Banks Skittish...
THE IEEFA-OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON THE COSTLY populist hurdles facing tar sands development is picked up widely today via Yahoo News, MorningStar News, and others. The report, “Material...
View ArticleNRG Responds; Galilee Heats Up; FirstEnergy Retreats
IN A BOW TO THE DIVESTURE MOVEMENT AND TO CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS, NRG has come out with a plan it says will reduce emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and 90 percent by 2050. The New York Times covers it in...
View ArticleNew EPA Rule Hits Coal-Fired Plants; Oil Price Hurts ‘Megaprojects’; Bothered...
ELECTRICITY PLANTS THAT ARE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON COAL COULD PAY ‘A PARTICULARLY HEAVY PRICE’ UNDER NEW RULES on the disposal of coal ash and steam-generator effluents, SLN reports this week. The SNL...
View ArticleWestern NY Area Labor Federation Affirms Commitment to Just Transition
The Buffalo News reported yesterday that the Western New York Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, re-elected its officers at its annual meeting this weekend, and included the issue of “’just transitions,’...
View ArticleNew York Earmarks $19 Million to Ease Retirement of Tonawanda Coal-Fired Plant
T.J. Pagnataro in the Buffalo News: The allocation of $19 million in the state budget that’s designed to help communities affected by retiring coal plants was hailed Monday by the local Just Transition...
View ArticleUpstate New York Coal-Fired Plant Closure Is Imminent
T.J. Pignataro for the Buffalo News: The Huntley Station power plant in the Town of Tonawanda would be shuttered next March under a plan NRG Energy is submitting today to the state Public Service...
View Article‘Economics—Not Taxes or the Environment’ Is Driving Huntley Closing
T.J. Pignataro for the Buffalo News: It was economics – not taxes or the environment – that drove the business decision. “We don’t foresee any scenario where the plant would be economically viable,”...
View ArticleGroup Pushes Cuomo for Access to New York State Coal Transition Fund
A coalition working to mitigate the effects of the Huntley Station power plant’s closure is calling on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to ensure access to coal transition funds for the Town of Tonawanda and...
View ArticleNew York Is on the Verge of Going Coal Free
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State speech this month contained one especially good bit of news for the planet and for public health: New York state’s remaining coal-fired power plants will close by...
View ArticleTonawanda NY ‘Entering a New Phase’ as It Celebrates State Funding to Offset...
By Joseph Popiolkowski in the Buffalo News: If the inclusion last week of $30 million in the state budget to assist communities like the Town of Tonawanda affected by the closure of electric power...
View ArticleWhat Happened When a Power Plant Closed in Upstate New York? Electricity...
Our 2014 report on the failing financial health of the Huntley Generation Station in Tonawanda, N.Y., highlighted the fact that regional grid operators were relying less and less on the plant for...
View ArticleLessons for When the Power Plant in Your Town Closes
NRG Energy’s Huntley plant in Tonawanda, N.Y., closed three months ago because the NRG couldn’t make a profit off selling Huntley power into the market. “We don’t foresee any scenario where the plant...
View ArticleNew Property Assessment on Former Power Plant Site in New York Opens Door to...
Joseph Popiolkowski for the Buffalo News: After the Huntley Station power plant in the Town of Tonawanda was retired March 1, the looming question was what the new assessment of the River Road property...
View ArticleNew York Town’s Post-Coal Transition Seen as Model for Colstrip, Montana
Eric Tegethoff for Public News Service Montana: Although the fate of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan is up in the air now that Donald Trump has been elected president, at least...
View ArticleResearch Note: How Difficult Would It Be to Turn Back the EPA’s Clean Power...
From UBS: CPP can be changed under Trump, but lots of hoops to jump through We held our latest conference call with Tom Lorenzen of Crowell & Morning to analyze what could happen to the Clean Power...
View ArticleHow a Post-Coal Transition Model in Upstate New York Might Work in Montana
Ed Kemmick for KTVQ Billings: Compared with the coal-fired power plant in Colstrip, the Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, N.Y., was not all that large. At its height, when all six units of the...
View ArticleA Coal-Plant Town in Transition
E&E News: When his local coal-fired power plant shut down last year, it left Joseph Emminger with a $6 million problem. The Huntley Generating Station was the biggest taxpayer of the town of...
View ArticleOn the Blogs: ‘A Working Class Buffalo Suburb Retired a Coal Plant the Right...
Elizabeth McGowan in Grist: Sixteen months ago, the coal-fired Huntley Generating Station, which sits on the banks of the Niagara River, stopped producing power for first time since World War I. Erie...
View ArticleOp-Ed: New York Town Finds Life After Coal
Buffalo News: When NRG Energy announced the retirement of the Huntley Power Generating Station on River Road, the Ken-Ton School District and the town and county municipalities were facing a total loss...
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