Something about an Endangered Species Mitigation Bank Fund sounds awful naughty. I’m sure it’s fine but I’m just not very trusting of expansive government powers.
Energy
History of NEW YORK STATE ELECTRIC AND GAS CORPORATION – FundingUniverse
New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) serves central, eastern, and western New York State, an area which, though mostly rural, includes the cities of Binghamton, Elmira, Corning, and Ithaca. Its territory includes one-third of the state's land area and a tenth of its population. With more than 775,000 electric customers and almost 220,000 gas customers, NYSEG serves a diversified population of industry, agriculture, recreational facilities, and colleges and universities.
NYSEG traces its history back to October 28, 1852, when six Ithaca businessmen pledged a total of $75,000 and incorporated as the Ithaca Gas Light Company. The fledgling company soon laid mains and built a coal gas plant. In 1853 Ithaca's streets saw their first lamps.
In the thirty years following the founding of Ithaca Gas Light, the use of methane gas grew steadily. Street lighting was extended beyond affluent business districts, while homeowners and businesses obtained lights for evening hours.
New York’s last coal-burning power plant closes on Lake Ontario shore – The Buffalo News
This always was an odd plant is how it was connected to NYSEG' grid. Essentially the output of the plant was connected to NYPA's Niagara - Edic line. The electricity was transfered to the Pennsylvania grid which in turn back feed it to the massive coal fired plant in Homer City outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which in turn has a 345 kV line that runs from Homer City Pennsylvania to Elmira which powers a lot of the NYSEG electric grid.
But all and all, it's actually a pretty modern coal plant with good scrubbers but uneconomic to operate with the low cost of natural gas and the high cost of the fees associated with moving the energy such a crazy way.
System Maps – International District Energy Association
New York Power Authority isolates critical employees on-site
The New York Power Authority is moving to isolate 85 critical employees at power plant and control room sites across the state to ensure the lights stay on, CEO Gil Quiniones told POLITICO.
The NYPA employees have been tested for the coronavirus and are all expected to be isolated, if they come back negative, by Saturday. The unprecedented step amid the growing health crisis in New York City and across the country reflects NYPA’s importance to the state’s electric system.
Indian Point reactor shuts down in April. Then what? Answers
Indian Point’s Unit 2 shuts down April 30, the first of two working reactors to be powered down before the nuclear power plant in Buchanan closes for good in April 2021. After that, Entergy, Indian Point’s owner, has plans to sell the reactors and the surrounding 240 acres to a subsidiary of Holtec International, a New Jersey-based decommissioning firm. That deal awaits the approval of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.