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Experts: Utility-Owned Power Plants Would Put New York Ratepayers on the Hook for Project Risks
ALBANY, NY – As Albany policymakers and regulators consider proposals to allow utilities to own electric generation, academic experts and clean-energy industry leaders are warning that the model would shift project costs and financial risks from private developers to New York ratepayers, weaken competition, and undermine the state’s competitive electricity market:
Yale Law Professor Joshua Macey said, “The deeper problem with utility ownership is who bears the losses when things go...
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Opinion: Getting rid of competition is not the answer to power grid crisis
America’s electric grid is in trouble. Demand is surging for the first time in a generation, driven by data centers and the electrification of everything from cars to home heating. Costs are rising. New power plants and transmission lines can’t get built fast enough. And the utilities responsible for the grid have largely responded by asking to be shielded from competition.
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New York escaped utility monopolies once before. It shouldn't go back
Not long ago, New Yorkers had no choice about where their electricity came from. A handful of large utility companies owned the power plants, set the terms and sent you the bill. There was no competition, no accountability and no incentive to control costs.
