New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA)

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Generation Industry Calls for Repowering at IPPNY Conference
Generation industry representatives and their allies united behind a call to loosen New York’s climate law to allow the repowering of old fossil fuel plants with new natural gas turbines at the Independent Power Producers of New York’s 40th annual Spring Conference.
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AlphaGen Proposes Repowering Peakers to Meet NYC Reliability Need
Alpha Generation, owner and operator of the Gowanus and Narrows floating power plants in New York City, has proposed replacing the six peaking units with three lower-emitting ones in response to Consolidated Edison’s solicitation for solutions to the city’s reliability need.
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NYSERDA Lays Out High Cost of Climate Law Compliance
The state authority managing New York’s clean-energy transition estimated one part of complying with the state’s climate law could carry a gross impact of more than $4,000 per year per household in some cases.
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N.Y. Reports Minimal Increase in Renewable Power
After a decade of intensive policy work and billions of dollars expended, the state’s grid was more reliant on carbon-based fuels in 2024 than in 2014.
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N.Y. Embraces All of the Above in Energy Strategy Update

The newest iteration of New York’s energy road map maintains a zero-emission grid as a target but acknowledges an uncertain path to that goal, and likely a longer reliance on fossil fuels.

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New York Suspends All-electric New Construction Law
Attorneys for the state of New York agreed in a federal court filing to delay the implementation of the All-Electric Buildings Act.
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Hudson River Towns on the Frontline of the BESS Battle
Debates over battery energy storage systems are playing out in towns and cities across New York as the state pursues its goal of 6 GW of energy storage by 2030.
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N.Y. Considers New Fossil Generation as Renewables Lag
As it updates its energy to reflect new challenges to decarbonization, New York is contemplating what until recently seemed improbable: new fossil-fired generation.
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Rural Town Grapples with N.Y.’s Renewable Energy Vision

A massive solar facility proposed in a small rural town reflects all of the expense, stress and delays that characterize renewable energy development in New York in 2025.

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N.Y. Moves to Boost Lagging Clean Energy Development
New York is tweaking its approach to clean energy development as it works to get its lagging decarbonization efforts back on track. 

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