Spectrum recently changed the channels that carry local public access channels. And local station managers say the change, which they claim happened without warning, has been confusing to viewers. They want Spectrum to move the stations back to channels 12 and 15.
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Ginna and RG&E submit revised agreement
Rochester Gas and Electric and the Ginna nuclear plant have proposed some new terms for an agreement to temporarily prop up the struggling power plant. The amendments, which were submitted to the state’s utility regulator yesterday, would shorten the length of the proposed agreement and reduce its cost to RG&E customers. Ginna has been operating […]
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RG&E-Ginna agreement not just a two-sided issue
The people who work at the Ginna nuclear power plant and the people who generally oppose nuclear power are probably never going to agree on the future of the facility. That much was apparent at a hearing yesterday on a proposed contract for Rochester Gas and Electric to temporarily prop up the economically struggling plant. […]
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Power plant owners at odds over state subsidies
New York’s electricity marketplace is in transition. Some of the old coal plants have gone offline; more wind and solar power has come online; fuel prices and generation costs are fluctuating; and regulators, utilities, and power plant owners are all trying to figure out how to make the whole thing work. And right now, it’s […]
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RG&E and Ginna reach agreement
Rochester Gas and Electric has reached an agreement with the Ginna nuclear power plant where it’ll subsidize the plant’s operation through September 2018. The proposed contract will cost RG&E customers, but it’s not clear just how much. RG&E and Exelon have filed their proposed contract with the state Public Service Commission, which has to approve […]
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State’s Comcast-Time Warner merger review trudges on
The state’s decision on the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger will not be made by the end of the year as previously projected. Comcast and Time Warner have again agreed to grant state Department of Public Service staff additional time to review the proposed transaction, where Comcast would swallow-up Time Warner to create one cable mega-corporation […]
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[UPDATED] New York’s Comcast-Time Warner decision could come in November
New York regulators will probably make their decision on the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger by the end of fall. When the State Department of Public Service announced its review of the merger in late May, it said that the process would take about four months. But department staff requested an extension, according to a filing […]
