DURSO: Repowering aging power plants key to Long Island energy needs
The older plants grow without refurbishment, the less reliable they are. That is a big problem, as these facilities are critical to the reliability of our electric grid. And, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the nonprofit tasked with managing the state’s power grid, made clear in its 2025 Power Trends report:
(https://www.nyiso.com/documents/20142/2223020/2025-Power-Trends.pdf) that retiring these aging facilities can’t be done without threatening reliability and putting economic viability at risk.
The union movement on Long Island supports continued investments in renewable energy sources, and the truth is they will not come online fast enough, and with enough capacity, to meet the state’s rising power demand. There is a way forward: repowering.