Abandons plan to convert electric plan

The owners of the Danskammer electric plant in the Town of Newburgh officially withdrew an application on June 17 for an air-quality permit that would have allowed for the construction of a full-time, gas-fired facility. 

The state Department of Environmental Conservation denied the permit in October 2021. The plant has a permit through April 2025 to operate during peak consumption, which the environmental group Scenic Hudson said amounts to about five days annually. 

Danskammer appealed the 2021 ruling and filed a lawsuit. In June 2022, the state Supreme Court upheld the agency’s decision. Scenic Hudson, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and other groups opposed the plan, saying it would contribute to the production of greenhouse gases, which cause climate change, at a time when New York is reducing them.

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