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Supreme Court judge backs Hudson River Sloop Clearwater in battle over upstate nuke plant bailout

Early victory for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater in battle over upstate nuke plant bailout, Thomas C. Zambito, tzambito@lohud.com  Jan. 26, 2018  Environmental groups scored an early-round victory in the legal battle over the state’s plan to bail out three upstate nuclear power plants with billions of dollars in subsidies backed by ratepayers….

A state Supreme Court judge in Albany on Tuesday turned back the Public Service Commission’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Goshen Green in Rockland County, among others.

At issue is the commission’s decision to hand over an estimated $7.6 billion in subsidies over 12 years so that three upstate nuclear power plants – R.E. Ginna near Rochester and the James A. FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Point in Oswego County – can continue operating………

Manna Jo Greene, the environmental director of Clearwater, called Acting Judge Roger McDonough’s decision a “David vs. Goliath victory.”

“It doesn’t serve the public interest or even follow the law that New York’s ratepayers are required to pay to keep these nuclear plants open, when they are no longer economically viable without a subsidy,” Greene said.

The case could go to trial this year. A start date has not been set.https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2018/01/26/early-victory-hudson-river-sloop-clearwater-battle-over-upstate-nuke-plant-bailout/1069558001/

January 29, 2018 - Posted by | Legal, USA

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