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December 25, 2024

State and Local Policy

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Sweeping Reset Underway for NY Renewable Development

Contracts for renewable energy projects totaling more than 8 GW of capacity in New York have been canceled as developers scramble to get out of unprofitable deals and rebid at higher cost.

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DOE Lays out Plans for Designating Transmission Corridors
DOE laid out its plans to release draft National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors this spring, which will then start a process of refinement before they are finalized over several years.
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Delaware Lays out Potential OSW Strategy
Delaware's environmental agency has proposed an offshore wind procurement strategy for the state.
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NJ Ready for Clean Energy Advance in 2024 After OSW Meltdown
Clean energy in New Jersey moved forward in 2023 with community solar and Advanced Clean Cars II, and in reverse with the shutdown of the Ocean Wind offshore development.
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Vineyard Wind 1 Generates its First Power
Vineyard Wind 1 generated its first power for New England, sending about 5 MW of electricity to the grid via its interconnection point on Cape Cod.
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Empire Wind 2 Cancels OSW Agreement with New York
Equinor and bp have terminated the offtake agreement with New York for the Empire Wind 2 project.
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NY Moves to Phase out SF6 in New Electrical Gear

New York is moving to limit the use of sulfur hexafluoride in electrical power and distribution equipment and to reduce leakage of the most potent greenhouse gas.

NYPA
Analysis Shows No Contamination from NY BESS Fires

A review has found no sign so far of environmental damage or health risks from three battery energy storage fires in New York state in mid-2023.

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NJ Seeks to Advance Sole OSW Project After Ørsted Withdrawal

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities dismissed a citizen petition seeking to reassess the cost to ratepayers of Atlantic Shores, the state's sole offshore wind project in active development.

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NY Releases Preliminary Cap-and-invest Outline
The outline proposes a ‘waterfall’ approach to broadly disperse program funds in a way that targets disadvantaged communities.

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