New York state wasn’t the first out of the gate on offshore wind, but it will be the biggest player if it meets Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2,400-MW target.

New York Lawmakers unanimously passed legislation requiring the Public Service Commission to set targets to increase the adoption of energy storage.

Industry stakeholders gave advice on distributed energy resource (DER) oversight to staff of the New York State Department of Public Service.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated John Rhodes, CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, to chair the Public Service Commission.

A legislative hearing to explore Cuomo administration subsidies for nuclear plants left lawmakers frustrated as the PSC and NYSERDA declined to attend.

More than 120 people attended the Independent Power Producers of New York’s annual spring conference at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center.

The NY PSC voted 3-1 to allow municipal aggregation, enabling municipalities statewide to make bulk purchases of electricity and natural gas.

New York regulators are proposing to accelerate financial incentives in a last-ditch effort the save the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant.

The New York PSC approved a 10-year, $5.3 billion Clean Energy Fund to accelerate the state’s switch to cleaner resources and fight climate change.

RTOs and ISOs will take part in 15 research and development projects awarded almost $38 million in funding by the Energy Department.