
Volts How to get New York back on track toward its climate targets
Oct 17, 2025
Doreen Harris, the President of NYSERDA, joins to discuss New York's ambitious climate goals and the challenges of meeting them. She highlights successes in community solar and offshore wind projects, while addressing slow renewable scaling and transportation decarbonization. Doreen explains the hurdles with permitting and funding within the energy transition. She also emphasizes the need for public education on climate costs and explores innovative solutions like partnering with data centers to enhance grid benefits.
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EV Market Is Transforming, Pace May Slip
- EV adoption in New York is progressing via incentives and market preference, but federal policy losses will slow uptake.
- NYSERDA expects market transformation around ~10% EV sales but acknowledges pace may shift.
Multiple Paths To Transmission Delivery
- Transmission builds can take multiple pathways; projects like Champlain Hudson Power Express proceed while Clean Path was rejected for its expedited approach.
- NYSERDA and state actors continue using varied instruments to deliver bulk transmission.
NYSERDA's Long Bet On Solar Paid Off
- NYSERDA invested in solar early and built the New York Sun program to scale distributed solar markets.
- That program beat CLCPA targets early and made New York a top community-solar market.
