{"id":21752,"date":"2023-04-24T21:57:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T21:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/moving-ny-to-clean\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T21:58:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T21:58:47","slug":"moving-ny-to-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/moving-ny-to-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving NY to clean energy is top 2023 challenge – NY Power Authority head"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Switching to clean energy from natural gas-fired electricity is the New York power industry’s top challenge this year, New York Power Authority’s chief executive said on Monday.<\/p>\n

“That’s the biggest challenge, I think, that we and the industry faces,” said Justin Driscoll, who heads the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility, at the BNEF Summit.<\/p>\n

New York State has set a target of generating 70% of its electricity from renewable sources like wind, solar and hydropower by 2030 and 100% zero-emission electricity a decade later.<\/p>\n

As of last year, natural gas-fired power plants accounted for nearly three-fifths of New York’s generating capacity, according to the Energy Information Administration.<\/p>\n

Maintaining grid reliability, while moving natural gas plants offline will be a top challenge this year, Driscoll said. The state is also looking to expand its hydropower capabilities and battery storage as key measures to reaching its climate-driven goals, he said.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Richard Chang)<\/p>\n

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