Bronxites Push For Commitment To Shutter Polluting Peaker Plants
The Hell Gate Power Plant in Port Morris.
Mott Haven Herald
By: Lara Heard
Clean energy is on its way to the city. But residents of the South Bronx want to ensure it comes with concrete commitments to end the polluting footprint of four New York Power Authority natural gas-powered peaker plants in the neighborhood.
A group of South Bronx organizations and elected officials have penned a letter requesting that the Department of Public Service make its acceptance of a clean energy project contract contingent on an agreement from the Power Authority to close its South Bronx peaker plants when enough renewable energy is available in the city. The renewable energy project, Clean Path New York, is helmed by the Power Authority in conjunction with energyRe and Invenergy.
Letter signees include Sen. Gustavo Rivera, Assemblywoman Amanda Septimo, and representatives of local organizations including South Bronx Unite, The Point CDC, the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, and BronxWorks.
