New York Archives - Renew Economy

Policy & Planning

New York to procure $US1.5 billion worth of renewables
The largest-ever state renewable energy solicitation is just one of the moves Cuomo Administration has taken in response to Trump exiting Paris Agreement.
Christian Roselund

Jun 7, 2017

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Renewables

New York regulators issue 50% by 2030 clean energy mandate
New York Public Service Commission approves state’s Clean Energy Standard, which requires utilities get 50% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
Christian Roselund

Aug 3, 2016

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Why community-scale solar is solar electricity market’s latest darling
Community solar is being proposed as a bridge to a more comprehensive value-based pricing system for distributed generation.
Kieran Coleman and Anthony Teixeira

May 27, 2016

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New York’s 50% renewable target by 2030 to add just one dollar to bills
Hitting the 50% renewables target is projected to add less than a dollar to the monthly electric bill of the average New Yorker.
Jackson Morris

Apr 14, 2016

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New York just proposed its plan to reach 50% renewables
Early last week, the New York Department of Public Service released its proposed plan to reach 50% renewables by 2030.
Courtney Fairbrother and Dan Cross-Call

Feb 4, 2016

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Cuomo may order 50% renewable energy in New York by 2030
Governor Andrew Cuomo is reportedly planning to order state regulators to mandate that 50% of all electricity in New York come from renewable sources.
Jake Richardson

Nov 25, 2015

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New York utilities take baby steps towards new energy future
In the not-too-distant future, New York’s distribution utilities will have to operate in a vastly different way than they do today.
Katherine Tweed

Jul 7, 2015

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SolarCity’s plan for Tesla batteries: share grid revenues with homeowners
CTO Peter Rive on how a $5,000 battery, co-financed with solar, can break open markets and serve grid-edge needs.
Jeff St John

May 5, 2015

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Hawaii’s biggest utility wants to ditch solar net metering
New tariff will pay less for solar, but open the grid to more customer-owned PV.
Jeff St John

Jan 22, 2015

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Can distributed resources replace $1bn in substation upgrades?
New York’s main utility is proposing $200m distributed energy investments, to avoid $1 billion of upgrades to centralised grid.
Jeff St John

Dec 23, 2014

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Texas city aims for 950MW of solar, bold distributed energy goals
Austin city council approves plan for 55% generation to come from renewables, energy efficiency and other clean resources by 2025.
Jeff St John

Dec 15, 2014

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6 potential US grid-scale energy storage projects
It’s true more homeowners are getting solar panels, but large, cheap home energy systems don’t exist yet. It does appear they will be coming, however.
Jake Richardson

Nov 5, 2014

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