On Wednesday, the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA), UPROSE, THE POINT CDC, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) and Clean Energy Group (CEG) released a comprehensive roadmap, representing the first detailed plan that sets forth specific strategies and policies to retire and replace a city’s entire fleet of fossil-fueled peaker plants.
By 2025, about 3.2 GW--approximately half of the city's existing peaker plants--can be replaced with a combination of offshore wind, rooftop solar, energy efficiency measures, and battery storage, according to the report. By 2030, all remaining peaker plants in the city--approximately 2.9 GW--can be replaced using a similar combination of these resources.
The majority of these are already required under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), which establishes specific targets for clean energy development, including 6 GW of rooftop and community solar by 2025, 3 GW of energy storage by 2030, and 9 GW of offshore wind by 2035.