New Yorkers are the big winners from the PSC’s very important decision to adopt the ZEC. The PSC and Governor Cuomo are both to be commended for their very positive leadership on this measure. The Department of Public Service has documented that the ZEC will preserve $1.7 billion in annual economic benefits for New York, including thousands of jobs and large local, regional and state tax payments. Without the ZEC, upstate nuclear power plants are certain to close and New York would see a dramatic increase in its carbon emissions from power plants, a rise of as much as 15.5 million tons a year.
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