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Let the pipeline battles begin wsj.com/business/energ…

During floor debate in New York, Sen. Pete Harckham blames Governor Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom running for president on major changes to extended producer responsibility rules there politico.com/newsletters/we…

HEAT Act may be moving ahead without Western New York for now as sponsors see a path forward Utilities could choose to opt out. I'll wait to see the language but seems unlikely that Long Island or WNY or any upstate gas utilities would participate 🤔 spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny…

Agency Building 3 in the Empire State Plaza was closed after a water leak earlier this week. 400 DPS staff are telecommuting and hearings being moved to other buildings

Remember former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bridge lights? NYPA is auctioning them off, more than 7 years later. Minimum bid? $25. Total cost of the boondoggle? $108 million. politico.com/news/2025/06/0…

A Cuomo spokesperson said the dormant bridge lights would still happen in 2021, shortly before the governor announced plans to resign. At the time, Sen Senator Liz Krueger said: “They didn’t remember that stupid idea until you came along." politico.com/news/2021/08/0…

Love to see politicians reading the local news. You can read the full story here: politico.com/news/2025/06/0…

Mayoral candidate Zohran Kwame Mamdani seeks to swipe chief rival Andrew Cuomo 's bridge lights (Briefly. Before they got expensive.) politico.com/newsletters/ne…

Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Cuomo for first time in New York mayor's race politi.co/3T8rip7 w Joe Anuta

The Assembly started more than an hour ago, and listed 6 bills for debate - subject to potential changes. None of those were the packaging/plastics extended producer responsibility bill. They are still on the first bill for debate -- and the clock is ticking.

Hochul attempts to nationalize the "beloved" Albany phrase "Big Ugly" -- referring to a multi-part bill rolling together all the compromises nobody really loves, typically at the end of session or as one of the budget bills

Meanwhile in NYC:

Update: the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act was not sent to the floor for a vote for the second year in a row, dashing environmentalists' hopes of it becoming law this year.

Mamdani’s victory would signal seismic shift in national politics and test for socialist movement politi.co/44fsSua via POLITICO's intrepid Jason Beeferman

What kind of reactor(s) is still one of the several open questions about this plan. NY Power Authority leader Justin Driscoll said nothing was off the table, solicitation for technology vendors (and host communities, financing partners, customers) forthcoming subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

HEAT WAVE: PSEG Long Island activates voluntary smart thermostat demand response program, which customers opt in to. Homes will be pre-cooled at 3:30 p.m., then temperature will be increased for peak demand period from 4 to 7 p.m. 40k enrolled.

For posterity here’s that Nick Reisman and Joe Anuta story showing Zohran Kwame Mamdani leading Andrew Cuomo by 4 points, a poll and story that were derided by Team Cuomo. Turned out it actually underestimated Mamdani’s lead. politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

the absolute softest way to say the state should do something around gas "obligation to serve" (Presentation from state staff to State Energy Planning Board today)

For the second day in a row, the New York ISO issues an "energy watch" (think tornadoes, so watch is less urgent than warning) as demand exceeds forecast and margin of reserve tightens. Voluntary reductions requested. Last night, this briefly escalated to an "energy warning."

For key context: this system of watch/warning/emergency was only implemented in February this year. nyiso.com/-/press-releas…