Did You Lose TV, Phone, Internet Last Night?

Officials say that Spectrum had an outage last night, and from the 7pm hour until the 11pm hour last night, some Steuben County Spectrum customers were without tv, land lines and internet service.

 

Why Wind Turbine Blades Were On The Side Of The Road

A number of people have asked our news department why wind companies had a lot of wind turbine blades, stacked up, on the side of the road, in Bath.  Steuben County Industrial Development Agency Director Jamie Johnson spoke on that topic, to members of the Steuben County Agriculture, Industry and Planning meeting.  "That was just a test  run," Johnson explained.  "When they had the wind turbine blades out on the side of I-86, everybody said it was ugly, everybody said it was horrible.  However, what the company was doing there was simply testing the technology, to make sure it would work.  The reason the wind turbines piled up last year, was because, in order to grind them up, the wind company needed to water as part of the process, and they couldn't keep the water from freezing up.  So, they had to shut down their process, in the January/February timeline." 

 

Senator O'Mara Grills NYSERDA And DEC Leaders

During the state budget hearings on Environmental Conservation and Energy, State Senator Tom O’Mara questioned the president of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Doreen Harris.  "Manufacturers, who are permitted emitters," O'Mara said.  "Either the fee or the taxes you're going to put on them, is going to raise those costs of goods for everybody," O'Mara warned the NYSERDA president.  When speaking to the Department of Environmental Conservation Director Basil Seggos, O'Mara talked about the Climate Action Council changes which are in the works.  "Costs are going to be extraordinary," O'Mara stated.  A big problem with the discussion is whenever we ask questions about reliability and affordability, all of the sudden, you say we are climate deniers or that we don't care about the environment."   In the video posted of the hearing, D.E.C. Director Basil Seggos did not respond to what O'Mara said.  Click here to see the video of that part of the hearing.