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You can see the realtime mix of power in NY at: https://www.nyiso.com/real-time-dashboard https://www.nyiso.com/real-time-dashboard Right now, we're over 50%
by trothamel 7y ago
You can see the realtime mix of power in NY at:
https://www.nyiso.com/real-time-dashboard https://www.nyiso.com/real-time-dashboard
Right now, we're over 50% nuclear + hydro, though I suspect this goal will be harder to achieve when Indian Point shuts down.
- Spooky23 7y agoAlso remember all of the nuclear plants bleed cash and now require direct subsidy to operate. New York has lots of challenges ahead as the environmentalists hate gas and the NIMBY types and farmers hate solar/wind.
- p1mrx 7y agoThe atmosphere doesn't care about our green paper rectangles. If our rectangles don't care about the atmosphere, then that's an implementation bug.
- jonfw 7y agoMoney isn't green paper rectangles, it is a store of value. It represents tradeoffs. It represents man-hours, other investments into our future that we could make, etc. Pretending money isn't that important is just an ignorant thing to do.
- notatoad 7y agoAll forms of energy generation are heavily subsidized, a direct subsidy is no worse than an indirect one, it's just easier to complain about.
- koheripbal 7y agoIndian Point is bleeding cash? It appears SHUTTING Indian Point is causing more financial problems than it's solving... https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-nuclear-plant-closes-fears-shift-from-contamination-to-financial-pain-1521639001 https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-nuclear-plant-closes-fears-s...
- Spooky23 7y agoGas is way cheaper to operate and nuclear plants cannot compete profitably. I'm too lazy to Google right now, but IIRC, NY committed something like $9B over 12 years to keep various plants open. New Jersey and Illinois either are doing or will be doing the same thing.
- droithomme 7y agoNOW we're on point for HN appropriate material. That's a fantastic dashboard. Thanks.