New York passes 100% Clean Energy Law

The state of New York, on July 18, 2019, enacted the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), law that requires the state to produce 100% of its power from renewables and nuclear by 2040. The legislation includes agreements to build two offshore wind projects worth a combined 1.7 GW by 2025, the single largest renewable energy procurement in the nation. The law will seek to achieve the stringent GHG emission cuts through the installation of 9 GW of offshore wind by 2035, 6 GW of distributed solar by 2025, and 3 GW of energy storage by 2030. It tasks a climate action council, led by the “expert heads” of specific state agencies, with crafting a roadmap of policies to achieve the mandates.

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