The huge push from New York's all-around grid has run out of gasoline. [emphasis, links added]
Or, more precisely, it collided with New Yorkers who refused to allow their farms, forests and communities, paved with oceans of solar panels and planted with 600-foot-tall wind turbines.
A new report commissioned by the New York Affordable Cleaning Capacity Alliance, which represents solar, wind and independent electricity producers, concluded, Empire State's grid faces “barriers to maintain reliability”, largely due to failure to achieve the “ambitious renewable energy goals”.
The state “lacks” these eco-friendly goals due to “challenges” such as “local opposition” and “lack of transmission capabilities.”
Local opposition? You won't say it.
You won't hear much in traditional media, but New York has been the center of a rebound against big solar energy and strong winds.
Back in 2007, after residents expressed concerns about “view, health, safety, noise and property values,” the town of Meredith and Bovina passed the decree to ban wind projects.
I created a renewable rejection database to track rebounds against alternative energy. Since 2015, New York towns and counties have recorded at least 78 rejections or restrictions on wind and solar projects.
This means that in Imperial State, nearly 10% of the 793 rejections of the database occurred. Only Ohio recorded more.
Alt-Energy starters understand why rural residents fight back.
As Anne Reynolds, then executive director of the New York Clean Energy Alliance, admitted in 2018, “I personally think the argument against wind is because people don’t want to see turbines.”
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed in 2019 with the New York climate plan no longer than a hop-filled wish list.
By 2030, the state must get 70% of its electricity from renewable energy, and by 2040, zero carbon emissions power.
Plans say that achieving this will require “Active deployment of existing renewable energy” and batteries.
How positive? Very.
New York now has about 2,600 megawatts of wind power capacity. However, since 2012, it has added only about 1,000 megawatts of fresh air.
The state also has about 6,000 MW of solar capacity — during the hot summer months, when peak loads exceeded 33,000 MW of juice across the state.
In 2020, strong opposition to large solar energy and high winds led Albany to implement an enforcement law that gave state officials the power to cover local zoning laws and forced communities to accept renewable projects they did not want.
But even without bureaucratic power play, it cannot solve New York's imminent power crisis.
According to the NYACPA report, The New York City area will “experience a generation shortage from 2033, driven by increased peak demand and planned retirement of existing shipment generations.”
Read: New York City will suffer from power outages and Blunt in the near future.
In addition to the possibility of potential power shortages, New York consumers are hammered by increased costs due to the state's renewable authorization.
In February, Coned proposed raising interest rates, increasing the average gas and electricity bills by $154.
These increases will cause further pain for New Yorkers, who now pay about 24.4 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity, 48% higher than the U.S. average.
Costs are about to be increased.
The state’s climate plan depends on a significant increase in offshore wind energy, the most expensive production force.
Taxpayers will also be involved in about $26 billion in high-voltage transmission projects to accommodate more wind and solar energy.
The point here is clear: New Yorkers have cheated.
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