Overview
- The State Energy Planning Board, led by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s appointees, adopted the 15‑year plan on Tuesday, New York’s first energy plan in a decade.
- The plan concedes it will not achieve the 2019 climate law’s emission and zero‑emissions power targets, yet it leaves those statutory deadlines in place.
- Hochul, in a letter accompanying the plan, said she will not risk rolling blackouts or gas outages and cited supply chain strains, inflation, and shifting federal policy for slowing progress.
- Rory Christian of the Public Service Commission said maintaining system stability requires infrastructure investments that are affordable, reflecting the plan’s continued openness to fossil‑fuel projects.
- NYISO executive Emilie Nelson warned the grid strained under summer demand and could face outage risks in future heat, while critics such as Assemblyman Phil Palmesano argued remaining green mandates will raise costs and erode reliability.