Some speakers, such as Guy Jacob, conservation chair of the Nassau Hiking and Outdoor Club, appealed to National Grid's profit motive, imploring the company to transition to providing geothermal energy and other low- or no-carbon solutions. "If we overlooked something, if there's additional information or different options people may suggest, this isn't the end of it, right? This is the start of a process."Ĭhallenging National Grid's business model "In this process - and it really is a process - we are offering up all the options that are out there, getting the feedback, and then we'll reconcile or synthesize all that feedback into the options that are there," Bruckner said on the sidelines of the meeting. National Grid implemented the moratorium after New York refused to permit a new gas pipeline through New York Bay - the Northeast Supply Enhancement project, or NESE - sparking a monthslong battle with Cuomo, who threatened to replace the company with another utility.ĭespite the often contentious tenor, National Grid's New York president, John Bruckner, said the company is committed to incorporating feedback into its long-term plan, which includes the option of building the controversial NESE project. National Grid New York President John Bruckner, left, listens to public comments on the company's long-term gas supply plan along with fellow executives in Long Island. The report is part of National Grid's $36 million settlement with the New York State Public Service Commission, or PSC, to end the company's six-month moratorium on new gas hookups in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island. Andrew Cuomo accountable for settling a dispute with the utility rather than revoking its license to operate.Įnvironmentalists dominated the executive listening session at the first public meeting to discuss the plan March 9 in Hicksville, N.Y. National Grid USA's plan for supplying its downstate New York gas territory ran into stiff opposition from climate activists in Long Island, where green groups signaled they would hold Gov.
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