One of the most frustrating nights for press access i’ve experienced as a reporter. At Columbia & CCNY, police barricaded public streets for blocks, obstructing journalists from seeing what was happening even from a distance. A policy of exclusion cheered on by Eric Adams’ staff

With a few weeks left in session and a huge gap between the Assembly position and governor/Senate Democrats, a group pushing climate legislation stands up a campaign arm to target Assembly Democrats who don't support a gas transition bill...

More on this later in the week :)

CEO of Rise Light and Power - with a lot riding on new NY offshore wind solicitations to support a transition of the site of NYC's largest fossil fuel plant to clean energy hub:

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.New York ISO has finalized its Gold Book-the gold standard on the state's generation mix

Minimal progress on renewables from 2022 (27.5%) to 2023 (28.7%)

Since 2019 (before Indian Point shut down), fossil fuel generation increased from 39% to 49%

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Tune in:

'I have never been more optimistic' - Congressman Daniel Goldman on offshore wind in NY as the state has only 2 large-scale projects under contract (5 canceled) and is unlikely to have any more built before 2030. No commitments for major new factories.

$500m was in 2022 budget

Another attendee of the enviro/energy dinner at the Executive Mansion last night...

Some others in NY/NJ Energy letter this morning: subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/202…

These are indeed mainly re-bids (51 of 57 projects submitted were previously contracted)

Notable: NYSERDA has previously released list of provisional awardees and cost impacts at this stage. Not this time.

Also, usually a lot more fanfare...

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It's really hard to know if community choice aggregators are getting a good deal -- as an example, the town of Union locked in (opt out basis) residents for 53 cents/therm natural gas. That was a good deal compared to 12-month trailing avg for 2023 but doesn't look as good now..

California has had enough renewable energy to meet more than 100% of electricity demand on the state's main power grid on most days for the last month. It's a springtime phenomenon — not too hot, lots of sunshine — but still a sign of remarkable progress: politico.com/newsletters/po…

me, trying to finish a story after talking to too many people: but what if I just talked to these 5 other people too...???

Excellent, on-the-ground reporting on the real world impacts of transitioning from oil to electric heat in a multi-family building in NYC - of course its Samantha Maldonado

Jolt of Reality: What It Takes for One Brooklyn Co-op Building to Electrify thecity.nyc/2024/04/25/ele…

Don't miss it -- today's New York/New Jersey Energy letter includes:
> parting words from former DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos on cap-and-invest
> new leader for the Alliance for Clean Energy NY
> A win for farmland protection over solar siting in NJ
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Get your tickets now for the 122nd The LCA Show: Kathy Land!

When: Wednesday May 22
Cocktail hour 7 p.m
Show starts at 8 p.m.

Early bird tickets $135 until May 3!

Buy now at lcashow.eventbrite.com or stop by the LCA on the 3rd floor of the Capitol.

See you there!!

This number will tick upward when onshore large-scale awards are announced later this month, but NYSERDA would have to award all the proposed projects to almost replace the lost 2030 capacity from these offshore wind projects.

Cost impacts will be a key metric.

Collapse of negotiations for three wind projects threatens New York's climate goals

State plans new bidding process later this year, but projects won't be required to come online by 2030. New York only has 57% renewables for 2030 under contract/built

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