NYS Petroleum Council

IntermediaryTrade AssociationMedium activity

State petroleum trade body; testifies on siting and reliability

Albany, NYFirst tracked February 18, 2015

The most institutionally durable voice in the network. Testifies on reliability and ratepayer cost at state proceedings rather than town boards, and supplies the reliability framing that local groups reuse.

Fossil incumbentsFree-market absolutists

Recommended engagement strategy

Engage on the record at the state level where their ratepayer framing can be tested against actual bill impacts.

Trade Association profile: Institutional and durable. Engage on the record where their members are also ratepayers.

Open counter-measure playbook

Hearing appearances

Logged in minutes

Counties active

Albany, Erie

Projects opposed

Solar & storage dockets

Funding received

$1.2M

2 traced inbound edges

Funding given

$690K

3 traced outbound edges

Arguments logged

Top: Ratepayer Cost

Where They OperateCounties with a tracked filing, appearance, or monitored channel, and the specific project dockets involved.Counties with a tracked filing, appearance, or monitored channel, and the specific project dockets involved.

Counties

Albany6 ev.
Erie3 ev.
Onondaga4 ev.
Broome4 ev.
Chenango4 ev.

Project dockets

Schodack StorageRensselaer Co.NO DOSSIER
Deerfield SolarOneida Co.NO DOSSIER
Sherburne SolarChenango Co.NO DOSSIER

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What They ArgueArgument classification from filings, testimony transcripts, and monitored posts. Counts are statements, not documents.Argument classification from filings, testimony transcripts, and monitored posts. Counts are statements, not documents.

Ratepayer Cost19 · 37.3%
Home Rule / Preemption13 · 25.5%
Fire / Battery Safety11 · 21.6%
Environmental Impact8 · 15.7%

Most-repeated claim

“Ratepayers absorb the cost and the town inherits the cleanup.”

Who They FundTraced grants, dues, contractor payments, and campaign contributions. Amounts come from 990 filings, grant letters, and NYS BOE data.Traced grants, dues, contractor payments, and campaign contributions. Amounts come from 990 filings, grant letters, and NYS BOE data.

Inbound

Member fuel distributors (12 firms)$980K
2024 · Membership dues
Ariel Corporation$200K
2024 · Associate membership

Outbound

Open in funding network

Activity Log7 entriesChronological record assembled from hearing minutes, local law filings, 990 disclosures, and monitored channels.Chronological record assembled from hearing minutes, local law filings, 990 disclosures, and monitored channels.

Channel monitoredMay 28, 2025Linked Albany County group added to the monitor; 2303 members in its first month.
Coalition letter co-signedMay 21, 2025Co-signed a letter to the Erie County legislature opposing ORES preemption under Article VIII.
Board minutes matchedMay 9, 2025Language in Schodack board minutes matched a submission filed on Schodack Storage.
Hearing appearanceApr 24, 2025Spoke for 12 minutes against Schodack Storage at the Schodack planning board.
Study entered into recordApr 2, 2025Cost and land-use study submitted to the Schodack board; funding disclosure omitted from the filing.
990 filing reviewedMar 18, 2025Amended Form 990 discloses new grants tied to Albany County activity; original donor not named.
First tracked activityFeb 18, 2015Entered the monitor via a Albany County record referencing Deerfield Solar.

Aliases & AffiliationsAlternate names seen in filings and the organizations this actor is formally or functionally tied to.Alternate names seen in filings and the organizations this actor is formally or functionally tied to.

Known aliases and filing names

NYSPC

Affiliations

Empire Center for Public Policy
Hudson Valley Ratepayer Alliance

Network position

Classified as a intermediary in the three-tier model, with 5 traced funding edges.