Power Failure

   The beef: Not enough low-cost electricity generated at the Niagara Power Project remains in Western New York.

   The opportunity: About 15 percent of the plant's power is up for grabs this summer, the first time in years, perhaps decades, that so much of the facility's dirt-cheap electricity has been in play.

   The reality: Local officials, starting with the delegation that represents Western New York in the state Legislature, are doing little to seize the opportunity.

   My story in today's Buffalo News details the problem. Read the story. The upshot is that this community's leadership is once again failing to rise to the occasion.  I focus on the local delegation, but the problem is wider. As a community, we have not prepared for this opportunity. We did the same thing during relicensing. 

   Will yet another opportunity pass us by?