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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Will Cuomo blueprint solve NY&apos;s energy puzzle?</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21636/20130319/will-cuomo-blueprint-solve-ny-apos-s-energy-puzzle</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 19, 2013) Late last year, the Cuomo administration laid out its agenda to address New York&apos;s future energy requirements. All this week, reporters from the Innovation Trail are putting different parts of that complex energy puzzle under the microscope.In this first report, Matt Richmond examines the goals of that plan, known as the Energy Highway Blueprint. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21636/20130319/will-cuomo-blueprint-solve-ny-apos-s-energy-puzzle">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Matt Richmond</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Late last year, the Cuomo administration laid out its agenda to address New York&apos;s future energy requirements. All this week, reporters from the Innovation Trail are putting different parts of that complex energy puzzle under the microscope.In this first report, Matt Richmond examines the goals of that plan, known as the Energy Highway Blueprint. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21636/20130319/will-cuomo-blueprint-solve-ny-apos-s-energy-puzzle">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:04</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, economy, cuomo, environment, albany, energy, power, electricity, chpv, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], topstory, ITenergy</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Cuomo calls for utility, regulation reform</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21213/20130108/cuomo-calls-for-utility-regulation-reform</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 8, 2013) When Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his annual State of the State message tomorrow, it will include proposals for greater oversight of state&apos;s electric utilities.An investigatory panel created by Cuomo in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy recommends that the state&apos;s Public Service Commission be given more powers to regulate electric utilities and to impose higher monetary fines. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21213/20130108/cuomo-calls-for-utility-regulation-reform">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: NCPR News</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his annual State of the State message tomorrow, it will include proposals for greater oversight of state&apos;s electric utilities.An investigatory panel created by Cuomo in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy recommends that the state&apos;s Public Service Commission be given more powers to regulate electric utilities and to impose higher monetary fines. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21213/20130108/cuomo-calls-for-utility-regulation-reform">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:07</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>economy, politics, cuomo, energy, grid, electricity, photolead, topstory, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317]</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Big power line from Quebec to NYC draws fire</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20386/20120829/big-power-line-from-quebec-to-nyc-draws-fire</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 29, 2012) Opposition appears to be growing to a big new power line that would funnel electricity from hydro dams in Quebec to consumers in New York City. The $2 billion Champlain-Hudson Power Express would bury the cable under Lake Champlain and Hudson River.  The Toronto-based company developing the project hopes to have it online by 2016. But a growing number of critics say Canadian power would edge out producers in upstate New York and cost jobs on this side of the border. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20386/20120829/big-power-line-from-quebec-to-nyc-draws-fire">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Capitol Pressroom</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Opposition appears to be growing to a big new power line that would funnel electricity from hydro dams in Quebec to consumers in New York City. The $2 billion Champlain-Hudson Power Express would bury the cable under Lake Champlain and Hudson River.  The Toronto-based company developing the project hopes to have it online by 2016. But a growing number of critics say Canadian power would edge out producers in upstate New York and cost jobs on this side of the border. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20386/20120829/big-power-line-from-quebec-to-nyc-draws-fire">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:33</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, environment, electricity, power, energy, [loc:44.6994873 -73.4529124], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>NYS Senator says Lake Champlain power cable will stifle Upstate power</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19841/20120517/nys-senator-says-lake-champlain-power-cable-will-stifle-upstate-power</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2012) A State senator from Niagara county is pushing back against a plan to pipe more electricity from producers in Canada to consumers in New York City.Senator George Maziarz says the big electricity  transmission line planned to run under the water of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River would edge out power producers here in New York. Martha Foley has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19841/20120517/nys-senator-says-lake-champlain-power-cable-will-stifle-upstate-power">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A State senator from Niagara county is pushing back against a plan to pipe more electricity from producers in Canada to consumers in New York City.Senator George Maziarz says the big electricity  transmission line planned to run under the water of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River would edge out power producers here in New York. Martha Foley has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19841/20120517/nys-senator-says-lake-champlain-power-cable-will-stifle-upstate-power">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>02:02</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>albany, electricity, energy, power, tdi, lake champlain, canada, chpv, border, [loc:44.6994873 -73.4529124], topstory, photolead</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Critical crowd greets wind company in Parishville</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 28, 2011) A skeptical public greeted wind power representatives Saturday in St. Lawrence County.  Iberdrola Renewables says it’s in “the earliest stages” of developing an industrial wind farm in the towns of Parishville and neighboring Hopkinton.  As David Sommerstein reports, this weekend’s open house puts the communities on a familiar – and contentious – path. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17384/20110328/critical-crowd-greets-wind-company-in-parishville">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A skeptical public greeted wind power representatives Saturday in St. Lawrence County.  Iberdrola Renewables says it’s in “the earliest stages” of developing an industrial wind farm in the towns of Parishville and neighboring Hopkinton.  As David Sommerstein reports, this weekend’s open house puts the communities on a familiar – and contentious – path. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17384/20110328/critical-crowd-greets-wind-company-in-parishville">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:07</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, environment, energy, wind power, windfarm, climate change, electricity, stlv, st. lawrence county, parishville, hopkinton, [loc:44.6286705 -74.8138041], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Sen. Griffo on education cuts, redistricting</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17281/20110310/sen-griffo-on-education-cuts-redistricting</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 10, 2011) New York’s Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make the Power For Jobs program permanent.  The newly named “Recharge NY” program would double in size by using electricity that had been allocated to small residential energy bill discounts.  It would still offer low-cost power to hundreds of companies across the state in return for job commitments.  The new version of the program would also set aside $8 million to offer power discounts for farmers.  The now goes before the state Assembly.Republican Joe Griffo says the bill is one success in what he calls a “very hectic” session.  Griffo says lawmakers are scrambling to finish budget bills while trying to avoid the “three-men-in-a-room” process that’s given Albany such a bad name.  &quot;To debate these issues in public between both houses and hopefully arrive on a consensus so we can have an on-time budget,&quot; Griffo says.  &quot;I think everybody is trying to work together and do the best we can despite our philosophic differences.&quot;Those differences include how much to cut education spending and how to make redistricting less partisan.  Griffo represents the 47th Senate district, which stretches from Utica in the south, though Lewis County and the eastern half of St. Lawrence County to Massena.  He told David Sommerstein making the popular Power For Jobs program permanent is an important step forward. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17281/20110310/sen-griffo-on-education-cuts-redistricting">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[New York’s Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make the Power For Jobs program permanent.  The newly named “Recharge NY” program would double in size by using electricity that had been allocated to small residential energy bill discounts.  It would still offer low-cost power to hundreds of companies across the state in return for job commitments.  The new version of the program would also set aside $8 million to offer power discounts for farmers.  The now goes before the state Assembly.Republican Joe Griffo says the bill is one success in what he calls a “very hectic” session.  Griffo says lawmakers are scrambling to finish budget bills while trying to avoid the “three-men-in-a-room” process that’s given Albany such a bad name.  &quot;To debate these issues in public between both houses and hopefully arrive on a consensus so we can have an on-time budget,&quot; Griffo says.  &quot;I think everybody is trying to work together and do the best we can despite our philosophic differences.&quot;Those differences include how much to cut education spending and how to make redistricting less partisan.  Griffo represents the 47th Senate district, which stretches from Utica in the south, though Lewis County and the eastern half of St. Lawrence County to Massena.  He told David Sommerstein making the popular Power For Jobs program permanent is an important step forward. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17281/20110310/sen-griffo-on-education-cuts-redistricting">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:21</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>economy, photolead, politics, jobs, budget, stlv, tghl, lewis county, education, power for jobs, energy, electricity, power, manufacturing, griffo, redistricting, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>As Northeast looks to Hydro Quebec for power, thorny environmental questions remain</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17230/20110307/as-northeast-looks-to-hydro-quebec-for-power-thorny-environmental-questions-remain</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 7, 2011) Northeast states are increasingly looking to Canada to meet a growing demand for low cost hydro electricity from renewable sources.But the energy imports are stirring controversy. In northern New Hampshire, local activists are fighting a power line that would send the electricity south. And questions are being raised about whether big hydro is really green. As part of a collaboration of Northeast stations John Dillon of Vermont Public Radio reports.Northeast environmental reporting is made possible, in part, by a grant from United Technologies.  Northeast environmental coverage is part of NPR&apos;s Local News Initiative. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17230/20110307/as-northeast-looks-to-hydro-quebec-for-power-thorny-environmental-questions-remain">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: NCPR News</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Northeast states are increasingly looking to Canada to meet a growing demand for low cost hydro electricity from renewable sources.But the energy imports are stirring controversy. In northern New Hampshire, local activists are fighting a power line that would send the electricity south. And questions are being raised about whether big hydro is really green. As part of a collaboration of Northeast stations John Dillon of Vermont Public Radio reports.Northeast environmental reporting is made possible, in part, by a grant from United Technologies.  Northeast environmental coverage is part of NPR&apos;s Local News Initiative. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17230/20110307/as-northeast-looks-to-hydro-quebec-for-power-thorny-environmental-questions-remain">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:05</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>environment, energy, canada, quebec, vermont, electricity, economy, hydropower, rivers, rupert river, photolead, hydrocree, cree, hydro quebec, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Story 2.0:  Power for the US, a changed river for the Cree</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17262/20110307/story-2-0-power-for-the-us-a-changed-river-for-the-cree</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 7, 2011) As we’ve been hearing in John Dillon&apos;s report, there is a debate raging over the future of Hydro Quebec’s power projects and their impact on the environment.  Brian Mann has traveled repeatedly to Cree Crounty in northern Quebec, talking with local leaders about the way industrial power projects are changing their villages and the landscape.This morning as part of our series Story 2.0, we’ll revisit his report from 2007. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17262/20110307/story-2-0-power-for-the-us-a-changed-river-for-the-cree">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we’ve been hearing in John Dillon&apos;s report, there is a debate raging over the future of Hydro Quebec’s power projects and their impact on the environment.  Brian Mann has traveled repeatedly to Cree Crounty in northern Quebec, talking with local leaders about the way industrial power projects are changing their villages and the landscape.This morning as part of our series Story 2.0, we’ll revisit his report from 2007. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17262/20110307/story-2-0-power-for-the-us-a-changed-river-for-the-cree">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>07:53</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, story20, environment, power, climate change, energy, hydro, cree, hydro quebec, power line, electricity, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Powering the power grid</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17188/20110222/powering-the-power-grid</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 22, 2011) Managing the power grid is a balancing act. As we flip on our coffee makers and turn on hairdryers, the grid is reacting, breathing harder, so to speak, to keep up with our demand. A facility in upstate New York is using battery power to make balancing the grid more efficient. Emma Jacobs has more for the Innovation Trail. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17188/20110222/powering-the-power-grid">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: NCPR News</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Managing the power grid is a balancing act. As we flip on our coffee makers and turn on hairdryers, the grid is reacting, breathing harder, so to speak, to keep up with our demand. A facility in upstate New York is using battery power to make balancing the grid more efficient. Emma Jacobs has more for the Innovation Trail. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17188/20110222/powering-the-power-grid">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:24</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, energy, environment, climate change, power, electricity, grid, batteries, power storage, [loc:42.1156308 -75.9588092], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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