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Tag: New York Climate Act
Some New York Dems Starting To Realize Climate Targets Are Too Extreme
Some New York Democrats are sounding the alarm over the state’s climate goals, arguing that New York should delay implementing some of its stringent green energy mandates.
Green Energy Wall Coming Into Focus In New York?
It was back in 2021 that I started to ask which country or U.S. state would be the first to hit the “Green Energy Wall.” It has long been obvious…
New York’s Official Energy Plan Is No Plan
Until new, non-emitting alternatives like hydrogen or advanced nuclear generation are developed and commercialized, fossil resources are needed to fill an essential role in preserving reliable grid operations.
Bad News Getting Worse For New York’s Struggling Grid With Looming Green Buildings Mandate
New York will soon force developers to build new buildings that can only use electricity for temperature control and appliances, which will further strain the state’s electric grid if it’s…
Crack in the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act Façade
She already threw previous Governor Cuomo under the bus when she suggested that “we cannot reach those objectives” that were put in place before she became governor. The strategy where…
New York Electric Power Trends
Ultimately the problem is that New York has no comprehensive energy plan. The Climate Act Scoping Plan is just a list of technologies that describe an electric system that is…
As The Federal Government Abandons The Climate Fantasy, New York Doubles Down
So we move forward with our officials in a state of bluff and bluster and denial, and no plan of any kind to meet the impossible mandates of the Climate…
Peer Review and Costs of Building Electrification for Commercial Users
The ramifications of New York’s Climate Act on business development are becoming evident. In 2026, certain new buildings in New York will no longer be able to install fossil fuel…
Implications of the Moss Battery Plant Fire
A similar fire there would require at least a shelter in place order and possibly an evacuation order for nearly a million people to say nothing about shutting down highways…
California Tipping Point
Faced with the election of Donald Trump to a second term, soaring inequality, and a decline in support from the state’s non-white majority, California’s Democratic leaders have begun asking hard…
Navigating the physical realities of the energy transition
The conclusion talks about trade-offs and consequences but does not acknowledge that there may not be an “affordable, reliable, competitive path to net zero” using VRE. Given the vulnerability risk,…
Why There Will Never Be A Zero Emissions Electricity System Powered Mainly By Wind And Sun
he reason is that the intermittency of wind and solar generators means that they require full back-up from some other source. But the back-up source will by hypothesis be woefully…
The Math Does Not Support New York’s Climate Plan
If the Comptroller or others in state government wonder why the Climate Action Council never did a financial analysis of the Climate Act that they forced upon the state, with…
Weighing N.Y.’s Climate Statute
The question is whether those people can be awakened before the blackouts hit.
How Will New York’s Energy Madness End? The “Don’t Do It!” Report
So what will be the event that causes the project to crater?
New York City Local Law 97 – Don’t Do It
…If demand on the grid grows at a rate greater than the buildout of new generation and transmission, reliability deficiencies could arise…
Wind and Solar Resource Availability Fatal Flaw
Given the entrenched crony capitalists and special interests supporting wind and solar any shift in direction, even if necessary to protect health and safety, will be a tremendous lift.
Grid Planning to Meet NY Climate Act Goals
My impression of the speakers at this meeting is that they were desperately trying to make the point that the transmission challenges for the Climate Act mandates and schedule were…
Major Setback for New York Renewable Energy Goals
This situation is a major blow to the offshore wind industry and to New York’s renewable energy aspirations. It also highlights the challenges faced by large-scale renewable energy projects in…
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