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Inside Climate News headline: Federal actions make New York's energy future more uncertain

At a Brooklyn church in early September, the advocacy group Public Power NY hosted a People’s Hearing for Public Renewables, where officials, environmentalists and a few dozen New York residents discussed the state’s renewable energy plans and expressed disappointment with Hochul’s progress. “We have a movement behind us that is fighting for something better,” said state senator Jabari Brisport, who represents a district in Brooklyn. “We have a governor who wants to drag her feet.”

New York’s Climate Act requires the state to achieve a 40 percent reduction from 1990 levels in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an 85 percent reduction by 2050. The act also requires that 70 percent of the state’s electricity come from renewable sources by 2030. Residents were advocating for the New York Power Authority to build 15 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030, which they view as necessary to meet the state’s goal of net-zero emissions from the electricity grid by 2040. Currently, the utility plans to build 7 gigawatts of renewable energy, despite state law requiring it to fill all gaps in electricity generation left by the private sector.

“Hurricane Ida completely destroyed my district,” said former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, whose district included White Plains and Yonkers. “We need a governor with human-centered leadership… and if not, we need a new governor.”

When will @governor.ny.gov stop sucking up to Trump and start building the livable future New Yorkers need?

Hochul is selling out our future for fossil fuel profit. We don’t want back room pipeline deals and expensive bills - we need public renewables!

🧵On Saturday, NYC-DSA will march in No Kings, joining millions across the country rising up against Trump's attacks on democracy, immigrants, and working people.

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Our fossil-fueled grid is heading for blackouts as soon as NEXT YEAR. This is why we can’t wait to build a full 15 gigawatts of public renewable energy. ⚡️

We can’t trust private companies to invest in the public good. We need public power.

While @governor.ny.gov ties us to toxic gas plants and destructive pipelines, the rest of world builds clean, affordable energy at record rates. Hochul and Trump aren’t just walking us backwards, they’re sprinting.

Are we going to keep falling behind, or #BuildPublicRenewables?

Last day to demand @governor.ny.gov build public renewables, not pipelines! 🌹

Our movement is racking up W’s, but we’re only just getting started. Help keep up the fight for the full public renewables we need! ✊

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Your Words Build Our Future Use our letter tool: Tell Governor Hochul & the Energy Planning Board to build public renewables, not pipelines!

New Yorkers will be the difference between a livable future and fossil fuel disaster ⚡️

Only one week left to tell @governor.ny.gov & the Energy Planning Board to #BuildPublicRenewables - not pipelines! actionnetwork.org/letters/plan...

LoHud headline: New York Power Authority champions clean energy. Its executives fly in a private jet. By Thomas C. Zambito

The New York Power Authority has embraced the state’s clean energy goals, vowing to lead the charge against climate change by investing in renewable energy, reducing the state’s planet-warming carbon emissions and replacing its gas-powered vehicles with EVs. But NYPA regularly flies its top executives, media personnel and board members to monthly meetings, press conferences and ribbon-cuttings on a $7.5 million plane that burns tens of thousands of gallons of carbon-spewing jet fuel every year.

The plane has been used to fly executives on short hops of an hour or less from Westchester County Airport to airports in Albany; Rome, New York; and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. NYPA President and CEO Justin Driscoll flew 42 times over 21 days during a time period of just over a year with 23 trips of less than an hour, including four between Westchester and Albany, a two-hour drive.

“It seems like Justin Driscoll is more concerned with the speed of his travel than the speed of building public renewables,” said Michael Paulson, the associate director of the Sane Energy Project and a leader of the Public Power New York campaign to get the state to build more renewables.

Nothing says clean energy like 42 fossil-fuel guzzling private jet flights, right Justin??? 😵‍💫✈️

Instead of building public renewables so New Yorkers can actually afford their energy bills, NYPA's CEO is more focused on flying private (in a major Amtrak corridor‼️)

Gothamist article headline: New Yorkers to foot bill for pipeline pushed by feds, new report says costs will rise

The federal government isn’t just encouraging New York to build a new pipeline that’s already been ruled a threat — it's also making you pay for it, and a new independent analysis claims the project will cost 17% more than estimates from the utility company. The once dead project was revived in July after the Trump administration announced its strong support for building new fossil fuel infrastructure. The pipeline is on a fast-tracked review after the Department of Environmental Conservation closed its 45-day public comment period last month despite rallies calling for more time as well as public hearings.

Con Edison customers are already paying around $50 more per month than they did three years ago. Over the last two years, National Grid customers are paying over $40 more on monthly bills. A report released this week by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, an energy research think tank, estimated the pipeline’s price tag at least $1.25 billion. That’s 17% more than National Grid’s estimate.

We're trying to make ends meet. @governor.ny.gov & Trump are trying to fast-track a new pipeline that will pollute our water and send our bills even higher.

We won't accept a plan that makes life more unaffordable. Join us and fight back! ecosocialists.nyc/join-us

⌛️Today is your LAST CHANCE to demand the full public renewables NY needs! Get your comment in by 5pm‼️ ecosocialists.nyc/take-action

Take it from @jabaribrisport.bsky.social - our movement has the power to win the future we deserve. Let’s use it and build a #GreenNewYork 💚

In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.

Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.

Governor Hochul didn't want to hold an in-person hearing on
NYPA's renewable energy plan. So we held one ourselves.

New Yorkers are speaking loud and clear: We must build public renewables at the speed and scale that the climate crisis requires.

While NYPA and @governor.Ny.gov drag their feet on clean energy, New Yorkers are facing drought and climate catastrophe.

We need to build the solutions TODAY. Help demand NY follow its own laws and build the full public renewable energy we need ⚡️ ecosocialists.nyc/take-action

Ulster County "I Voted" spider head sticker edited to read "I Submitted My Public Renewables Comment" Ecosocialists.nyc/take-action

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ you can only repost this when you've submitted your public renewables comment ✨

📅 less than 3 days left to demand a #GreenNewYork! submit your comment & send this post to 5 friends 👇
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Hey @governor.ny.gov, we fixed your campaign ad for you. Time to fix the state's energy plan and build 15 GW of public renewables!

Poster of Kathy Hochul shaking hands with Donald Trump in front of a fracked gas pipeline. Headline: Tell Hochul: Build 15 gigawatts of public renewables, not pipelines.

Fortunately, our pressure forced open public power public comments again. So it's time for New Yorkers to flood those inboxes, and make them double it again.

Let's show this country how to build a future we can look forward to--no matter who’s in the White House.

📧➡️ publicpowerny.org/take-action

Thanks to the Build Public Renewables Act, developing 15 gigawatts of public renewables by 2030 would create 25,000 green *union* jobs.

Our movement of New Yorkers, labor unions, and elected officials like @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social that passed a revolutionary law to build public renewables--owned by and for the public, not corporations.

Over 16,500 Jobs have been lost *so far* because of Trump's assault on renewable energy. But New York can lead the country in saving our future *and* creating jobs.

While Trump torches the climate and attacks the burgeoning renewable energy industry, New York has the tools to fight back.

poster of workers building wind turbines with headline: FOR GOOD UNION JOBS, BUILD PUBLIC RENEWABLES

🧵New York could have 25,000 union jobs building a future for the next generation.

Or we could let Kathy Hochul and Donald Trump pour pipeline poison on our planet.

So if you're in New York, send a comment at publicpowerny.org/take-action to ensure we're leading. On Labor Day, and every day. ⤵️

Take action : NYC-DSA Ecosocialists Take action by demanding Governor Hochul direct the New York Power Authority to build 15 gigawatts of public renewables by 2030.

Demand a future you want to live in ecosocialists.nyc/take-action

Need a break from doomscrolling? How about an easy way to fight for a better future? It takes just 30 seconds to demand the 15 gigawatts of renewable public power New York needs to keep our bills affordable, clean our air & fight the climate crisis⚡🌹

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People's Hearing for Public Renewables New Yorkers believe in climate action. That's why we passed the Build Public Renewables Act, which requires the state to build publicly owned clean energy to meet our climate goals, lower utility bill...

Since NYPA refused to hold an in-person hearing on their latest plan for public renewables, we're holding a People's Hearing in Brooklyn on September 9 so New Yorkers can send a clear message: Build more and go faster! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/peopl...

Missed your chance to testify to NYPA yesterday?

Join TONIGHT’S virtual hearing starting at 6pm to let them know why NY needs 15 gigawatts of public renewables.

Register here: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

Tell NYPA: New York Demands More Thanks to your pressure, the New York Power Authority has committed to building half the renewable energy New York needs. But our future needs more than half-measures. Tell NYPA we need full buildout at their virtual hearings Tuesday at 10am & Wednesday at 6pm.

Thanks to pressure from New Yorkers, NYPA is building 7GW of clean public power — but we know that's not enough.

Join us at NYPA's virtual hearings at 10am today & 6pm tomorrow to demand the full 15GW of public renewable energy NY needs!

Register here: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

RTO Insider headling: New York PSC Denies NYPA's Clean Path Transmission Priority Status

New York Focus headline: New York to Scale Back Key Energy Affordability Program Subhead: Empower+ helps thousands of New Yorkers afford energy efficiency upgrades. The state is planning to slash funding by nearly two-thirds in two years.

Spectrum News headline: NYSERDA: New York may need to rely on fossil fuels for longer

New York Focus headline: Major Pipeline Moves Closer to Approval in New York as Critics Decry ‘Bargain’ with Trump Subhead: Public comments are closing soon for an underwater pipeline project that sprang back to life this spring after talks between Hochul and Trump.

In case it wasn't clear, @governor.ny.gov isn't working for you, she's working for big oil billionaires.

Higher bills, polluted air, and a dying planet for you; another yacht for them. Fight back: ecosocialists.nyc/take-action

New York Says No Trump Pipelines! Right now, Governor Hochul is trying to revive a Trump-backed pipeline New Yorkers already rejected in 2020. This pipeline would be a disaster for our climate, for our communities, and for our energy bills. Tell Hochul: Don't sell out New York to big oil billionaires!

Back to back heatwaves. Skyrocketing energy bills. And now @governor.ny.gov & Trump are trying to fast-track a new gas pipeline that would make them even worse🤮

We have less than a week to say NO to this disaster. Tell Hochul: NO TRUMP PIPELINES! www.stopwilliamsnesepipeline.org

Building renewable is incredibly important. Writing an email is incredibly easy.

Seriously, the effort:reward ratio is ridiculous. Just do it.

The Energy Department is doing climate denial. The EPA is pro-pollution. Trump wants to let us burn.

And what’s @governor.ny.gov doing? Nothing.

We make our own future. It’s up to us to build a movement, #BuildPublicRenewables & build a #GreenNewYork. ecosocialists.nyc/join-us

Governor Hochul: Fight Trump's Climate Arson With Public Renewables! Donald Trump is taking aggressive steps to end all climate progress in the US. He is fast tracking fossil fuel projects while blocking renewable energy development. He is moving to reverse state-level...

We called for NYPA to #BuildPublicRenewables. Today they officially doubled their buildout plan. 💪🏗️⚡️

Now we need them to double it again. Help make it happen: bit.ly/nypa15now

Slide from NYPA presentation titled "renewable opportunities overview," outlining how NYPA's updated strategic plan has grown from 3.2 gigawatts to 7 gigawatts of public renewable energy projects

Before we passed the #BuildPublicRenewables Act, we were told it was impossible. Then we were told NYPA didn't have to build. Then we were told only 3GW was possible.

Our movement never stopped demanding more. Today, NYPA announced 7GW of public renewables projects in the works.

Rally at NYPA headquarters with dozens of people holding signs, including a huge banner reading "Build Public Renewables"

We know we have to #BuildPublicRenewables to fight the climate crisis and build a better NY while we're at it 🗽⚡️

Because of our movement, the New York Power Authority announced today it's MORE THAN DOUBLING their public renewables plan. And we're just getting started. ✊