Stop Battery Energy Storage Systems
(BESS) on Long Island
Your Electric Bills Will Be Going Up, Not Down
Propel continues to say that this project is unrelated to windmills or BESS facilities, But the saying at the top of the picture tells it all. "A transmission Solution to Propel New York State's Renewable Energy Future.
Transmission lines connect power sources (powerplants, windmills, batteries) with the distribution network (the power lines to homes and businesses). Why do we need this change? Because the sources are moving from onshore powerplants to offshore windmills. That change requires a whole new 'backbone' to move the power to us, as well as move power to upstate New York.
The windmills in the Atlantic will be sending power all the way upstate and connect with similar projects to interconnect all of NYS. If the power sources didn't change location, much of this would be unnecessary, although the existing infrastructure is getting old.
The sales pitch is that this project will improve 'resiliency'. The reality is that our power infrastructure, while aging, is still quite resilient, but as we replace that aging fossil fuel capacity with windmills and other renewable sources, we need more resiliency because the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine. As we show in Green Energy Honesty, the nameplate renewable capacity that must be added is roughly 9X the amount that we retire, and about 10 times the cost of an efficient combined cycle gas plant, and that cost doesn't even include the cost of these new transmission wires or the battery facilities required to operate renewable energy. If you think this is going to save you money on your electric bill, think again.
Don't believe us? Here is what a Wall Street Journal Editorial stated:
"New York state signed a contract in June to buy electricity generated by two large wind farms, Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, off the coast of Long Island. The projects are expected to begin in 2026 and 2027, with power delivered to Brooklyn (Empire) and Long Island (Sunrise). The state will pay $155 and $146 per megawatt-hour, respectively. These prices are steep, at least four times the average grid cost paid over the past year. New Yorkers should be asking why." Why Is New York Paying So Much for Wind Power? Aug. 23, 2024
Here is the math: 1 MWh = 1000 kwh. If NYS state is paying $146 per MWh, it is paying 14.6 cents per kwh. Now compare that to your electric bill. According to PSEG, the PSC rate for January 2025 was $0.124047/kWh. New York has made the ridiculous decision to actually pay more for wind power than we currently pay! Exactly how do they expect electric bills to go down?
The answer is easy. They don't expect our electricity costs to go down, they expect us to be unaware of the change until it is too late.
Are There Risks?
If you live or have a business near these Propel lines, you have other concerns.
The first is electromagnetic radiation. In some areas, like in the Glen Head/Glenwood Landing area, a single 35 foot wide road is planned to have two 345,000 volt lines and one 138,000 volt line. That is 828,000 volts constantly traveling along one relatively narrow road lined with small businesses and residences.
They say EMFs (electro-magnetic radiation) is not harmful, yet New York State limits exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) around transmission lines to 200 milligauss (mG). This limit applies to the edges of rights-of-way for major transmission lines. Preliminary project documents indicate that exposure could be above that threshold (230 milligauss) in this area. There is plenty of concern that our cell phones are exposing us to too much EMFs. What is safe and what isn't safe? It's hard to know, because sensitivity to EMFs varies from individual to individual. The video above discusses some of these problems. The bottom line is that given a choice to live with high EMF's are low EMFs, which would you choose? If you'd choose the lower EMF location, then threre is a likelihood that real estate values could be affected by these high voltage wires.
But that's not all. These high voltage lines have to be installed underground, all across Long Island. We all know how horrible Long Island traffic can be, what happens when these major roadways are dug up to install these wires?
Traffic snarls will become exponentially worse
Local businesses, already suffering from on line retail, will be interrupted, and
Emergency services will have even more trouble responding fires or other emergencies.
The more you look at these projects, the more you have to ask, what is in it for us??
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