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From The Manhattan Contrarian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0By Francis Menton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In New York State, the annual budget is due by April 1. Here we are on April 7, and no budget has yet emerged. Word is that the Governor and legislative leaders are hidden away behind closed doors hammering out the details. Word also is that somewhere in this \u201cbudget\u201d process, the seemingly unrelated matter of the deadlines of the Climate Act (for starters, 70% of electricity from \u201crenewables\u201d by 2030) are about to get extended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Climate Act (officially \u201cClimate Leadership and Community Protection Act,\u201d or CLCPA) was enacted back in 2019, the deadlines, beginning in 2030, seemed so very far away. The legislation was almost entirely activist-driven, with a willing audience of gullible and innumerate \u201cprogressive\u201d useful idiots controlling the Legislature. Normal people generally paid no attention and had little idea what was about to hit them. However, as the deadlines have gotten a little closer, and as the costs of renewable generation have begun show up in utility bills, finally some of those are starting to wake up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, what is happening over on the activist side? Have any of those dimwits taken the time and effort to examine the realities to see if their great plans might be starting to collapse? The answer is, not as far as I can tell. And there are plenty of examples of activists doubling down and digging in to oppose any wavering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first, a few examples of those belatedly joining the realist coalition. On January 9 I had a post titled \u201cNew York Business Community Starting To Wake Up About The Coming Energy Train Wreck.\u201d<\/a> That post reported that a group calling itself the Coalition for Safe and Reliable Energy \u2014 consisting of some 34 business and trade associations, one of them being the New York Business Council \u2014 had filed a Petition with the Public Service Commission, asking it to postpone the deadlines of the Climate Act with respect to the electricity system. This Coalition is a relatively small subset of New York\u2019s large business community, but still a significant increase from the handful previously willing to speak up on this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in recent days, here are a couple of additional voices that have emerged:<\/p>\n\n\n\n