Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. By Georgia Good Often, bugs don’t get the same love as bigger, furry or finned New Yorkers. But…
By Georgia Good On February 25, we partnered with Con Edison for a breakfast and panel on one of America’s most consequential municipal climate policies: New York City’s 2019 Local Law 97 (LL97). As snow fell outside, we gathered at White & Case LLP’s offices in Manhattan, to discuss the landmark law – where we…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 3, we meet New York’s black bears. By Georgia Good It’s an awesome sight: an…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 3, we meet New York’s black bears. By Georgia Good This time of year, with…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 2, we meet the whales off NYC. By Georgia Good Picture this: an immense humpback…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. From the mountains and forests of the Adirondacks to the coasts of Long Island and NYC, our state…
“There is no transition without transmission,” said Julie Tighe, president of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCVEF), as she opened a panel discussion on the critical role of transmission and grid infrastructure in shaping New York’s clean energy future.
The event, presented by NYLCVEF and Con Edison, included energy leaders from across the state who together highlighted the overarching importance of transmission, the key stakeholders involved, as well as the process, barriers, and critical next steps for New York State.
As New York develops its renewable energy profile, battery energy storage will play a critical role in grid resilience. On April 22, NYLCV’s Education Fund (NYLCVEF) joined Con Edison for a discussion about the obstacles to implementing battery storage systems and the future of New York’s grid, and the implications for environmental justice.
NYLCVEF President Julie Tighe, Con Edison’s Michael Tally, Former FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, NYSERDA’s Bill Oberkehr, and Lydia Wiener of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice. The program was moderated by Claudia Villar-Leeman of the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST).
New York City’s grid faces a set of unique challenges that impact decarbonization efforts. Limited space, urban density, and complex city infrastructure work in tandem to impede the grid restructuring needed to facilitate the massive deployment of renewable energy resources that are critical to reaching the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) goals. While there are a variety of energy storage technologies currently available and many more in development, New York City’s high energy demand and limited open land make small, energy-dense batteries the most viable form of energy storage by far.
Since Superstorm Sandy in 2012 caused $19 billion in damage and extensive flooding in the city, New York has developed a vast array of coastal protection projects. These projects have taken on more urgency as scientists predict that the city will be subject to increased flooding in years to come as sea levels rise on the East Coast.
