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7:51am

Mon March 18, 2013
Energy

Jury still out on Cuomo's Energy Highway Blueprint

Credit Matt Richmond / WSKG

Late last year, the Cuomo administration laid out its agenda to address New York’s future energy requirements. All this week, reporters from the Innovation Trail are putting different parts of that complex energy puzzle under the microscope.

In this first report, Matt Richmond examines the goals of that plan, known as the Energy Highway Blueprint.

  • Matt Richmond of WSKG reports on the Cuomo administration's vision for energy in New York.

It’s easy to miss this red-brick building. It’s on a residential street outside of Albany. There’s no sign telling drivers that the flow of all the electricity in New York State is being controlled inside.

The organization at the controls is the New York Independent System Operators or NYISO. They’re a non-profit created after New York’s energy markets were opened up in the ‘90s.

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12:48pm

Thu April 26, 2012
Energy

Cuomo's "energy highway" slowly taking shape

Credit Giant Ginkgo / via Flickr

Earlier this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said one of his top priorities is to create an “energy highway” for New York State’s aging power grid.

So what exactly does that mean?

No one is quite sure yet.

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