FERC on Friday approved an update of NYISO’s Installed Capacity (ICAP) market demand curves, but it rejected the proposed 17-year amortization period as "speculative" and ordered a compliance filing within 14 days (ER21-502-001). The commission said that reducing the previous 20-year amortization period "may result in unnecessarily high net cost...

Tesla is hoping New York legislators will pass a bill this session to overturn the state’s ban on direct-to-consumer sales of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) by manufacturers. ZEV manufacturers are constrained in New York, and “that seems to be really out of sync with [the state’s] broader policy goals,” Albert Gore,...

New York state officials and appointed advisers disagreed Wednesday on the merits of a moratorium on new natural gas infrastructure, including pipelines and power plants, and on repowering of older generation units. Lisa Dix, Sierra Club | NYDPS Lisa Dix, New York representative for the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign...

New York state and its utilities are leveraging new support at the federal level and investing $700 million in a program to encourage energy efficiency measures and building electrification, primarily through clean energy heat pump technologies. NYSERDA CEO Doreen Harris | NY-GEO "Heat pumps and electrification are some of our...

New York residents calling into virtual public hearings Wednesday overwhelmingly opposed rebuilding the 532-MW gas-fired Danskammer peaker plant as a 600-MW combined cycle unit (18-F-0325). State Assemblymember Robert Carroll (D) said the state has just 19 years to transition to an emissions-free grid, and that the Danskammer power plant is...

The Biden administration announced Monday it will open a new area between Long Island and New Jersey to offshore wind development and pledged to speed reviews of projects to meet a goal of 30 GW by 2030. The new area and the 2030 target were among a flurry of announcements...

NYISO this week urged the New York Public Service Commission to "move quickly" in supporting construction of a meshed transmission network to support at least 9 GW of offshore wind "before opportunities for an efficient design are foreclosed." Stakeholders have had a couple months to review state regulators’ draft power...

New York has launched a study to identify how the state could tap wind resources on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie in meeting its climate goals. The New York State Environmental and Research Development Authority assembled a team to complete a Great Lakes wind power feasibility study for release early...

New York officials on Monday held the first of three public hearings as they prepare the first annual report of statewide greenhouse gas emissions required by the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is preparing the report to be issued this...

The New York Public Service Commission on Thursday approved the 132-MW South Fork Wind project’s application to lay 7.5 miles of export cable from the federal waters boundary to a substation in East Hampton, Long Island (Case No. 18-T-0604). "This order marks a milestone in New York’s bold initiative to...