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SmartWatt Energy Services reports it has opened an office in Harrison to service the New York City metropolitan area.
SmartWatt, which provides services and products for reducing energy consumption, has offices in the Albany area and Rochester.
Posted by David Schepp on Friday, June 20th, 2008 at 4:24 pm | 
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New York’s senior senator, Charles Schumer, lashed out at the state’s Public Service Commission today, calling its demands “irrational and illogical,” following a non-binding ruling by an administrative law judge Monday to reject Iberdrola SA’s $4.5 billion buyout of Energy East Corp., parent to New York State Electric & Gas Corp.
NYSEG has nearly 90,000 customers in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties.
The commission is seeking “to place severe restrictions on the world’s leading wind power producer,” Schumer said in a written statement.
In his ruling, the judge urged the commission, should it decide to go ahead with the buyout, to require Iberdrola to sell of all of its wind-energy assets in the state, among other conditions.
But Schumer said that stipulation would risk jobs and a $2 billion investment in the state’s economy. The Democrat said he is seeking to meet with PSC Chairman Garry A. Brown about Iberdrola’s bid, which likely will be withdrawn if PSC rejects the plan.
“I am requesting this meeting to discuss the importance of brokering a deal that will keep customer rates low, provide system reliability and bring much-needed wind power to New York,” Schumer said.
The PSC is expected it issue its ruling on the buyout next month.
New York is the last of four Northeastern states to weigh in on the deal. Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine have approved the buyout.
Posted by David Schepp on Thursday, June 19th, 2008 at 4:00 pm | Print
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New York State Electric & Gas Corp. is advising its electricity customers, which include 85,000 in Westchester, Dutchess and Putnam counties, that they can now report outages through the companies revised Web site (www.nyseg.com), by clicking on the Outage Central tab on the company’s home page.
“While it may seem odd to think about having Web access when the power is out, more and more NYSEG customers are using wireless technology or may be reporting an outage at home from work or another location where the power is on,” the company said.
In addition to reporting outages, customers can also view where service interruptions have occurred by town and street.
In the event of extended outages, news releases and the locations of any emergency shelters and dry ice and water distribution sites are also posted, NYSEG said.
Posted by David Schepp on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 at 3:33 pm | Print
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