natural gas

Proposed line would move natural gas from Binghamton to Syracuse

Ryan Delaney, WRVO — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:06 +0000

An energy company is looking into building a natural gas pipeline from near Binghamton to the Syracuse area.

Millennium Pipeline Company is currently soliciting feedback from natural gas suppliers about their proposal to connect three supply lines running east-west across upstate New York, with a north-south line.

The Upstate Pipeline would connect the company's Millennium Pipeline - which runs from Corning to Rockland County, near New York City - with the Tennessee Pipeline in the Town on Onondaga, crossing the Dominion Pipeline in between.

VT, NY weigh in on proposed natural gas pipeline

Sarah Harris, NCPR — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:51:11 +0000

People packed into the high school auditorium in Hinesburg, Vt. last week, to voice their opinions on a proposed natural gas pipeline before the Vermont Public Service Board.

Protesters arrested at gas storage site in Finger Lakes

Kate O'Connell, WXXI — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:24:29 +0000

A number of protestors were arrested for blockading the entrance to a natural gas storage facility in the Finger Lakes region early Monday.

Cornell students, local residents and biologist and author Sandra Steingraber, were arrested for trespassing after preventing workers from entering the Inergy facility on Route 14.

Energy security and investment: reporting focus March 18-22

Matthew Leonard — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:38:18 +0000

Governor Andrew Cuomo has set out an ambitious agenda for energy in New York state and he needs to.

Extreme weather events such as Superstorm Sandy have exposed the fragility of the state’s aging energy grid, new EPA regulations on greenhouse gases are driving fast-track conversions of former coal-fired plants, over 40 percent of New York’s power stations are more than four decades old and the Governor is caught in a major political vice over fracking.

Cuomo’s 2013-14 budget proposal also outlines some major investments in the renewable energy sector.

The Innovation Trail will focus its reporting on the state's energy planning and investment in the week of March 18-22. All the reports will be posted here.

Natural gas still cheaper than 2011 but prices, futures up 12% in 2012

Matthew Leonard — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:27:27 +0000

Analysis from the the U.S. Energy Information Administration concludes that natural gas was the only energy commodity to see a significant price change last year, when compared to electricity, coal and crude oil prices which fell over the same period.

In an Energy in Brief report released on Monday, natural gas prices showed a 12% increase between January 1 and December 31 in 2012.