New York’s policy-makers are rolling out ambitious and far-reaching energy and climate change policies. These policies have resulted in a veto on the expansion of gas pipelines into New York and on the construction of new state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power plants. A law has been passed effectively mandating that by 2040 all electricity consumed in the state be generated by solar, wind or hydro facilities, along with battery storage, and that all gas and oil-fired generation plants be shut down. Legislation has been proposed that would put an even further squeeze on the use of natural gas in New York.

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