Renewable Energy in New York State Lara Skinner, Ph.D. The Worker Institute at Cornell University s ILR School Western LAMPAC Spring Conference April 18, 2018
Presentation Overview New York State s Current Renewable Energy Commitments and Activities Union-Led Climate Jobs NY Campaign: Goals and Priorities
New York s Commitment to Renewable Energy Reduce Emissions 80% by 2050 Clean Energy Standard: 50% by 2030 2.4 GW Offshore Wind by 2030 NY-Sun: 3 GW Solar by 2023 Decision to divest City and State Pension Funds from Fossil Fuels
Renewing the Energy Vision (REV) Launched in 2014, REV is a comprehensive strategy to build a clean, resilient, and affordable energy system for all New Yorkers.
NYS 2015 Energy Plan: Roadmap for REV 40+ Initiative NY Sun Clean Energy Fund Community Solar Green Bank Charge NY Micro grid Competition Campus Challenge Storage R&D and Commercialization
New York s Energy Mix (2017) 24% = Renewables 56,923 GWh Natural Gas 44, 620 GWH Nuclear 25,879 GWh Hydroelectric 22,273 GWh Net Imports 3,984 GWh Wind 2,046 GWh Coal 100 GWh Solar
2017 Union-Led Climate Jobs NY Campaign Launched IBEW Local 3 Training Center, Long Island City, NYC
A Climate Jobs Program for NYS Building trades, energy sector and transport unions design proworker, pro-union climate jobs plan Four-year process to develop plan Desired Impact: most good jobs creation; most emissions reduction; build equitable communities
NYS Climate Jobs: Building Sector Recommendations Conduct robust energy retrofits on public schools and buildings Install solar pv and thermal on public schools and buildings Streamline and expand access to residential retrofit programs.
NYS Climate Jobs: Energy Sector Recommendations Install 2 GW of solar energy on public schools through the New York Power Authority by 2025 Install an additional 2 GW of utility-scale solar projects through NYPA Install 7.5 GW of Off- Shore Wind by 2050
NYS Climate Jobs: Public Transit Recommendations Bring NYC Public Transit to a State of Good Repair and Expand Service Construct Adirondack and Empire West High-Speed Rail Establish Bus Rapid Transit Program
NYS Climate Jobs Recommendation: Establish Just Transition Task Force
CJNY Working with Governor Cuomo s Office to Develop Robust, Equitable Offshore Wind Industry in NYS Capturing manufacturing and ports work Strong labor standards to ensure high-quality jobs
Race to Develop OSW on East Coast MA: 1,600 MW by 2027 RI: 30 MW Block Island Farm NJ: 3,500 MW by 2030 MD: 480 MW by 2020 VA: Created VA OSW Development Authority; 1 st Project in Development (Dong) NC: 1 st Project in Development (Avangrid)
OSW: Major Economic Development and Job Creation Opportunity for NYS
CJNY Victory in January 2018: NY Commits to Procure 800 MW of OSW in 2018-2019 As the next step in the State's commitment to creating thousands of good jobs in offshore wind and related industries, Governor Cuomo is calling on NYSERDA to work with all other necessary state agencies to ensure that labor standards, prevailing wage, or other measures are appropriately implemented to produce quality, well-paying clean energy jobs for New Yorkers.
Will NYS s Renewable Energy Plans Address or Exacerbate Inequality? To create middle-class jobs with benefits the following is required: Project Labor Agreement (PLA) and Prevailing Wage required in all of the state s solicitations for renewable energy Labor peace agreements for manufacturing work Commitment to and additional funding for state certified apprenticeship programs to support the workforce needs of clean energy industries Proactive collaboration between state, the offshore wind industry, and unions to develop local manufacturing capacity for offshore wind and solar industries.
Canada Announces Just Transition Task Force Brings Together Labor, Industry and Government
Thank you! For questions, please contact Lara Skinner at Lara.Skinner@cornell.edu