Submit Comment by July 28 – Tell the Public Service Commission We Do Not Want Cryptomining in North Tonawanda!

Back in November, EarthJustice won an appeal on the behalf of North Tonawanda residents against the Public Service Commission’s decision to approve the sale of the Fortistar gas power plant without taking the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into account! This means, aunque, that the PSC needs to hear from us that we oppose this sale.

The PSC is accepting comments on this until July 28.
>>>>>> click HERE to submit a comment. <<<<<<

We urge pointing out the enormous energy demand, the lack of job creation, the noise pollution, and the predicted increases in air emissions.

Below is a template example comment which you can copy/paste. We strongly urge editing this template to add your personal thoughts.

I write to you as a resident of (place of residence) to request that the N.Y. Public Service Commission reject the Application for the Transfer of Ownership Interests from Fortistar North Tonawanda LLC (FNT) and Digihost International Inc. (Digihost) in a 55 Megawatt Natural Gas-fired Cogeneration Facility Located in North Tonawanda, NY because of the negative impacts on the community and its noncompliance with New York State law.

The power plant, serving a behind-the-meter bitcoin mining operation, has led to enormous increases in:

• Local air pollution
• Greenhouse gas pollution,
• Noise pollution, y
• Water pollution,

among other negative impacts. These operations adversely impact our community, and damage vital environmental resources and our health.

I am also worried that my electricity and water rates will go up because of this facility’s increased operations. In places where other cryptocurrency mines have gone in, electricity prices have skyrocketed for households and small businesses. The Digihost facility uses municipal water and discharges into our public wastewater system, which now needs major upgrades.

Además, I am worried that this facility, and others like it, will prevent the state from meeting its critical climate mandates established under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).

The PSC should deny the Application for the Transfer of Ownership Interests to protect the state and the community from the negative impacts from this facility’s operations.

Respectfully submitted,

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Please also send this blog post to folks in North Tonawanda specifically who you think would be interested in submitting a comment!

Tú también puedes click here to visit the “Matter Master” page and click the “Post Comment” button on the upper right. Submitted public comments are also available for review under the “Public Comments” tab.

En una nota relacionada, la Draft Generic Environmental Impact Study of cryptocurrency mining has been released! We urge taking a moment to read it by haciendo clic aquí or visiting the DEC’s webpage (scroll down to the “Cryptocurrency Mining Law” header.) Comments are being accepted until September 25 by emailing climatechange@dec.ny.gov. We will be launching a letter campaign later this month, and in the meantime we urge attending one of the online hearings this month listed on the DEC’s webpage.