February 27, 2026 – New York’s clean energy law could cost residents more than expected. A leaked memo from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office on the estimated financial impacts of the state’s greenhouse gas reduction law shows average households could face thousands of dollars of extra costs a year.
I think, so, the nation is in a different place, and it is all the more endangered because of delays in implementation. Had we started implementing and start[ed] on renewable projects when the law was passed, a lot would have been in progress by the time Trump was elected president in 2024 if that is one of the arguments the governor is making.
-EANY’s Vanessa Fajans-Turner
Listen to the full interview: https://www.wskg.org/2026-02-27/leaked-memo-says-new-yorkers-face-increased-costs-under-state-climate-law
