And while this year’s budget included limits on fossil fuels in new buildings in future years, it doesn’t restrict existing buildings switching to gas, which is a significant driver of additional demand in some regions of the state. Kathy Hochul proposed eliminating subsidies for new hookups in her budget proposal last year, but hasn’t advocated aggressively for the measure this year. “It’s really about planning for and enabling a strategic transition of the system, and there will be processes in place before any section of the system is downsized.” “I think people want to fear monger and make it seem as if this is a bill about, you know, coming to rip out your gas stoves right away. Current rate hike proposals to replace those pipes instead of considering removal will also lock in higher costs for ratepayers, incentivizing those who can afford heat pumps to switch and leaving the remaining customers with escalating costs, he said. That means those plans likely won’t include strategic removal of sections of “leak prone pipe” that may not be actively spewing methane, but are made of materials considered a potential risk, said Chris Casey, a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. The state Public Service Commission has launched a process to begin planning for the future of the gas system, but the regulator is limited by the statutory requirements for utilities to provide service and subsidize the cost of new hookups. Natural gas is the dominant source of fuel for heating homes in New York: nearly 60 percent relied on gas from a utility system in 2021, according to federal data. “Obviously, we’re taking steps to make sure New York is transitioning and certainly, we can have conversations with the Public Service Commission about necessary statutory changes to facilitate” that. “This bill is too much of a threat to existing natural gas customers,” Zebrowski said. Assemblymember Ken Zebrowski (D-Rockland County) said he would not move it out of his committee. Some of the legislative changes, including an elimination of subsidies for new hookups, are recommended in the state’s climate plan to enable achievement of New York’s ambitious emissions reduction targets.Īssembly Democrats look unlikely to move the proposal, which has more than 50 co-sponsors but is short of support from 76 members often needed to move forward. The “NY HEAT” measure would eliminate the statutory requirement for gas utilities to provide service to new customers that request it and also allow for decommissioning sections of the gas system, switching customers to electric heat. | Brittainy Newman/AP PhotoĪfter cutting a deal for the nation’s first legislative ban on fossil fuels in most new buildings, lawmakers are resisting additional limitations on the natural gas system in the final days of the session - despite a call for action in New York’s climate plan.Įnvironmental advocates have put much of their end-of-session focus on a measure that has backing among Senate Democrats to reshape the regulatory paradigm for the gas system. I guess the latest Nightly does something that affects the performance.New York lawmakers are probably not going to making additional restrictions to natural gas use in the final weeks of the legislative session. I downgraded RetroArch to the latest stable version and all those problems wen't away. Threaded video is on and I'm using default shaders. Worth noting is that it does not happen in battles in this game either. I also tried Final Fantasy VIII with similar result. It's like when you come to a new area it works fine for a few seconds and then the fps drops and sometimes the screen is completely frozen for a second or two. Final Fantasy VII has major video stuttering issues, it does not affect the sound and it seams to only happen when you are not in battle and not all the time. Now I tried launching up some PS1 games and im having performance issues. I updated retroarch to the latest available version (the official NSP and nightly retroarch directory) then I updated the assets through the application, Uppdating the assets made retroarch cras at "extracting 100%".
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