Anti-Drillers Oppose Converting 2 NY Electric Plants to NatGas

This is the tale of two electrical generating power plants. Both are located in New York State--on opposite sides of the state. One is in Tompkins County (near Ithaca, NY), the other in Chautauqua County (Dunkirk, near Buffalo, NY). Both are powered by coal and both will either need to convert to natural gas or close down. Something else both have in common: anti-drilling nutters want them closed rather than converted  from burning coal to burning natural gas--even though closure means school and property taxes in both areas will go through the roof--higher than the nosebleed rates they already are. In both cases the power plants are the single largest taxpayer in their respective municipalities. Makes no difference to the nutters because most of them don't live there and could care less. An update for both the Cayuga Power Plant and the Dunkirk Power Plant...

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