New York's new energy policy is a huge win for climate over corporate profit.
The bill mandates that NYPA build more renewable energy capacity over the next decade, after years of ceding construction tocompanies. Moreover, any resulting development projects will have to employ union labor and cannot come at the undue expense of people or the environment. The utility will also have to offer the clean electricity it produces at reduced rates to qualifying low-income customers.Progressive lawmakers and climate advocacy groups have been working to enact thefor four years.
Finally, enabled by the Inflation Reduction Act, which expanded NYPA’s access to tax credits, and thanks to improved collaboration with labor groups, the months and years of work have mostly paid off.Ziesche has been toiling in environment and energy organizing for about a decade. In that time, she told Gizmodo, this is the only bill she’s seen passed that challenges the flawed idea that the free market can resolve climate change.
Regardless, the bill is a big step forward for New York and for climate-focused policy advocates nationwide. “Hopefully, people will see this as a model and something they can fight for in their states,” Ziesche said. She noted thatcrafting their own campaigns. “Energy is something that belongs to us, and it feels very powerful to take back your power in this way.”
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