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A new coalition of environmental justice groups called the “PEAK coalition” including the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, UPROSE, The Point, and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest has formed. Their report tallies up capacity revenues for peaker plants located predominantly in low-income or minority communities, including those owned by NYPA. They’re focused on ensuring replacements, which will be driven for the oldest plants by DEC’s NOx regulations, are renewables and storage.