Energy affordability demands an ‘all of the above’ strategy

On the banks of the Hudson River in Buchanan, New York, the Indian Point Energy Center once stood as one of the most important pieces of the state’s power grid. For decades, the facility consistently generated reliable electricity for millions of homes while supporting good-paying union jobs and providing critical tax revenue for local schools and municipalities in the Hudson Valley.

Today, the reactors are silent.

Their closure removed one of the region’s largest sources of reliable baseload power, without a comparable replacement ready to take its place. The consequences are now being felt by families and small businesses across New York every time they open their utility bills.

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Nowhere is the affordability crisis more acute than in New York. The problem did not emerge overnight; years of irresponsible policy decisions slashed domestic energy supply while demand continued to grow.

Those policies are