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New York has received more bad news on the energy front: The New York Independent System Operator, the nonprofit entity that operates the power grid, has found the state’s grid reliability is looking even shakier.

Its 2024 Reliability Needs Assessment predicts that the grid could be unable to meet New York City's power needs in 2033, and that statewide, “no surplus power would remain in ten years without further resource development.”

The NYISO report comes after two state agencies — the Energy Research and Development Agency and the Public Service Department — warned this summer that we’re not going to hit the 2030 renewables target set by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection........

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