New York State ’s energy suppliers have launched a new Clean Energy Standard requiring 50 % of the region ’s electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2030 . The Standard outlines a series of subsidies designed to support upstate nuclear plants and to enable the state to achieve its intended 40 % reduction in greenhouse gases from 1990 levels by 2030 . This target will rise to an 80 % cut by 2050 . Governor Cuomo's Clean Energy Standard sets up clean energy credit subsidy system to support renewables and nuclear power New York energy regulators yesterday agreed a "comprehensive and ambitious" new Clean Energy Standard requiring 50 per cent of the state's electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030. From 2017 , energy suppliers will need to provide a specified number of renewable energy credits each year , which will be used to finance the state ’s nuclear facilities and renewable projects .
New York State ’s energy suppliers have launched a new Clean Energy Standard requiring 50 % of the region ’s electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2030 . The Standard outlines a series of subsidies designed to support upstate nuclear plants and to enable the state to achieve its intended 40 % reduction in greenhouse gases from 1990 levels by 2030 . This target will rise to an 80 % cut by 2050 . From 2017 , energy suppliers will need to provide a specified number of renewable energy credits each year , which will be used to finance the state ’s nuclear facilities and renewable projects .