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Building Renewable Energy Across NY

Time For Better Labor Standards in the Green Economy

Solar EnergyRob MicallefMay 17, 2022solar, legislationComment

Offshore Wind + PLA Go Together Like PB + J

Rob MicallefAugust 3, 2020Prevailing Wage, PLA, Offshore Wind, Renewable Energy, Project Labor Agreement, NYSERDA, NYPA, nyserda, Ørsted, Utility Workers Union of America, infrastructureComment

New York Leads Fight Against Climate Change

Rob MicallefJuly 23, 2020Governor Andrew Cuomo, Prevailing Wage, MWBE, PLA, Offshore Wind, Renewable Energy, Project Labor Agreement, NYSERDA, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos, NYPA President and CEO Gil C. Quiniones, NYSERDA Acting President and CEO Doreen M. Harris, NYPAComment

Eight Point Wind Project Approved

Rob MicallefMay 8, 2020New York Siting Board, Eight Point Wind Project, Steuben CountyComment

Government Must Work With Unions

Rob MicallefMarch 5, 2020New York’s Independent Systems Operator, carbon-free energy, Gary LaBarbera, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, James WhelanComment

Siting Board Improves Lewis County Wind Project

Rob MicallefFebruary 19, 2020Number Three WindComment

Farmersville Board Passes Wind Law!

Rob MicallefAugust 21, 2019Alle-Catt Wind Farm, InvenergyComment

Follow The Wind

Rob MicallefApril 23, 2019Buffalo, Alle-Catt Wind Farm, Cassadaga, South Fork Wind Farm, Deepwater Wind, NYSERDA, Building Trades, Wind Power, Laborpress, Gov. Andrew CuomoComment

The Green New Deal

Rob MicallefJanuary 18, 2019New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, NYSERDA, Local 25, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Alle-Catt Wind Farm, Upstate New York Laborers District Council, Worker Institute at Cornell University, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Wind, Turbine, Energy, Renewable, Sam CapitanoComment

Ask and You Shall Receive

Rob MicallefJanuary 16, 2019Renewable Energy Standard, NYSERDA, Governor Andrew M. CuomoComment

NYS Laborers' Wind Summit Underscores Industry Opportunities

Wind EnergyRob MicallefNovember 29, 2018Holiday Inn Liverpoolrenewables, wind power, wind turbine, wind energy, Wind Farm, nyserda, Ross Gould, Workforce Development Institute, Lara Skinner, Workforce Institute, Cornell University, ILR, Invenergy, Marguerite Wells Comment

NY Offshore Wind Alliance Applauds Public Service Commission for Procurement

Press Release, Wind EnergyRob MicallefJuly 12, 2018Offshore Wind Alliance, PSC, Procurement, Bob Bellafiore, Steve Greenberg, ACE NY, Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Public Service Commission, Governor Cuomo, NYSERDAComment

Local vs Non-Local Hire

Rob MicallefJune 20, 2018North Star Policy Institute, Minnesota, construction, economy, jobs, Renewable Energy, wind energy, wind farmsComment

Wind Farm in Hopkinton, NY Gains Local Support

Rob MicallefMarch 29, 2018Avangrid, North Ridge, Wind Farm, Hopkinton, Local 1822, Laborers, LIUNAComment

New York Announces $1.4B Renewables Funding

Rob MicallefMarch 12, 2018Invenergy, Governor Andrew Cuomo, renewables, Wind FarmComment

New York’s Construction Workers Support Offshore Wind

Rob MicallefJanuary 11, 2018NYOWA, Governor Cuomo, Joe Martens, Offshore WindComment

New Renewable Energy Standard in California

Rob MicallefOctober 16, 2017Construction Craft Laborer, LIUNA, California, renewables, energy, construction

Where the Wind Blows

Rob MicallefOctober 5, 2017Deepwater Wind, Statoil, Block Island, Governor Andrew Cuomo