Environmental justice advocates, elected officials, and community leaders gathered to celebrate Earth Day and support the Queensboro Renewable Express – a project to deliver offshore wind energy to millions of New York homes LONG ISLAND CITY, NY – Rise Light & Power proudly hosted hundreds of Western Queens residents and area elected officials on April 26, …

Proposal Will Replace Retired Peaker Generators with a Working Waterfront for Operating and Maintaining Offshore Wind, Bringing Sustainable Growth to Western Queens    Proposal Complements New York State and City Economic Development Priorities, including Blue Highway Initiative and Jobs Growth in Industrial Business Zones    QUEENS, NY — Rise Light & Power submitted a proposal …

Before State Officials, Queens Residents, Community, Business & Environmental Justice Leaders Gave Supportive Public Input as Part of State Permitting Process   QUEENS, NY, July 24, 2024 — Dozens of Queens community members and leaders showed up at the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement this week to speak out in support of the Queensboro Renewable Express, …

STATE OF NEW YORKPUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONCASE 22-T-0670 – Petition of Queensboro Development, LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Construction of Approximately 18.5 miles of Transmission Lines from the Boundary of New York State Waters to a Point of Interconnection in Queens, and Associated Equipment. NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FORUMS …

Commencement of Permitting Enables Offshore Wind Power to be Delivered to Ravenswood Years Ahead of Other Projects, Helping New York Achieve its Nation-Leading Climate Goals   Enables Nation’s First Renewable Repowering, Replacing Fossil Fuel Generators with Offshore Wind, Delivering Victories for Environmental Justice and Union Labor Long Island City, New York, May 14, 2024 – Rise …

Families commemorate Earth Day in Queensbridge Park, enjoying locally-sourced food and activities promoting sustainability mere steps from power plant on cusp of transformation Environmental justice advocates, elected officials, and community leaders celebrate Renewable Ravenswood plan to transform city’s largest fossil fuel power plant into clean energy hub  A key component of New York State’s effort …

Activists Want Ravenswood Stacks Replaced with a Clean Power Hub A group of about 200 people, including many children, rallied on Monday in support of Rise Light & Power’s plan to convert the Ravenswood Generating Station in Long Island City, which produces about a fifth of the city’s electricity, into a clean energy hub focused …

The future of the Ravenswood Generating Station will be discussed at a community forum across Vernon Boulevard at the Queensbridge Houses on Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Michael Dorgan) Western Queens residents can have their say on the future of “Big Allis” during a community forum at the Queensbridge Houses Wednesday afternoon. Rise Light & Power …

An offshore wind developer partly owned by TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) said on Monday it has agreed to retrain and keep roughly 100 union workers from a New York City natural gas-fired power plant that it intends to repurpose for its project. The company, called Attentive Energy One, has proposed a 1.4 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind installation off New York that …

Project Would Fund Retraining for Ravenswood’s UWUA Local 1-2 Workforce, Which Would Become Nation’s First Fossil Fuel Power Generation Staff to Transition to Operating Offshore Wind Equipment Attentive Energy One Also Proposes New IBEW Training Center, Helping Union Workers Statewide Gain Skills Needed for the Construction of Offshore Wind Facilities Today, Attentive Energy One (AE1), …