The PEAK Coalition includes 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).
The report lays out a technically feasible strategy to replace about half of the existing fleet of polluting peaker plants in New York City with a combination of offshore wind, distributed solar, energy efficiency, and battery storage by 2025. The remaining peaker plants could be reliably and cost-effectively replaced with the same mix of resources by 2030. While the plan calls for major investments in new resources, most of these new resources are already required by the state’s law to address the climate crisis, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).