Oneonta becomes first SUNY school powered with locally-sourced energy

SUNY Oneonta is first to enter green energy program

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced that SUNY Oneonta is the first SUNY to purchase Tier 1 Renewable Energy Certificates from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s voluntary sales program. "This purchase is a model for energy…

Oneonta becomes first SUNY school powered with locally-sourced energy

ONEONTA, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) -- In the wake of Earth Day, Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday that SUNY Oneonta has become the first SUNY School powered with locally-sourced energy. The announcement -- made on Wednesday, April 23 -- made Oneonta the first SUNY school to purchase Tier 1 Renewable Energy Certificates from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) voluntary sales program. “New York State contin…

New York Governor Hochul Faces A Big Squeeze On Energy

More evidence that the green energy fad of the last decade is in rapid decline. In January, Governor Hochul backtracked on her scheme to tax fossil fuel companies for their carbon emissions after she was told a) the cost would be $15 billion a year, and b) similar schemes in California and Washington state had raised gasoline prices by some 27 cents a gallon. Now, another hammer has dropped on her. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has halted all c…

Hochul OKs 3 Major Energy Projects on Earth Day - Utica Phoenix

Latest Projects Bolster Local Economies and Bring 150 MW of Clean Energy to About 40,000 Homes To celebrate Earth Day, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (ORES) has issued final siting permits to develop and operate Foothills Solar, a 40 megawatt (MW) solar facility in the Town of Mayfield in Fulton County; Rock District Solar, a 20 MW solar facility in the towns of Sew…