How Demand Management Can Shut Down Dirty Fossil Fuel Peaker Plants

A new report shows how scaled-up demand management can accelerate the phasing out of New York City’s harmful fossil fuel power plants—which disproportionately impact the most vulnerable New Yorkers—while ensuring a reliable and resilient energy grid. The report shows how governments can avoid costly investments in fossil fuel infrastructure, reduce energy burdens for ratepayers, and meet the state’s ambitious climate goals. Megan Carr of the New York Lawyers for Public Interest’s Environmental Justice Program talks with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.