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THE ACCELERATE SOLAR FOR AFFORDABLE POWER ACT
Securing an affordable energy future for New York State
Rooftop and community solar powers New York
New York has over seven gigawatts of rooftop and community solar to date, enough to power more than 1.5 million New York homes. Utility-scale projects are larger, but they’ve proven difficult to finance and construct. In New York, small is big — 93% of New York’s installed solar capacity is rooftop and community solar, and the majority of New York’s 18,000+ strong workforce are in the distributed solar industry.
New York Needs Solar - ASAP
The growing energy affordability crisis requires urgent action. Millions of New Yorkers are facing unprecedented energy burdens, and the need for new generation in the State is growing quick.
The ASAP Act would scale up New York's most successful clean energy resource to save New York ratepayers $1 billion a year in electricity costs, create over 15,000 new jobs, and make clean energy accessible to all.
Raising the bar: 20 Gigawatts by 2035
A growing coalition of clean energy advocates is calling for New York’s leaders to double New York’s distributed solar goal from 10 gigawatts by 2030 to 20 gigawatts by 2035. New York has a successful track record of rapidly deploying rooftop and community solar, and these systems are uniquely capable of delivering direct utility bill savings to low-income families and renters.
Benefits of
$1 Billion
in wholesale electricity cost savings every year when the State achieves its distributed solar + storage goals
$50 billion
in direct electric bill savings for New Yorkers who go solar
145 million
metric tons of avoided greenhouse gas emissions and improved public health outcomes in environmental justice communities
Improved land use
through community-scale projects and beneficial siting practices, including solar on the built environment and the co-location of solar and agriculture
15,000 jobs
including blue collar and white collar jobs across the state
$3-4 billion
in revenue for rural landowners, municipalities and school districts
INDUSTRY
Our Supporters
The ASAP Act is supported by a growing coalition of diverse organizations that want New York to meet its energy needs affordably, efficiently, and sustainably.
Why distributed solar?
Rooftop and community ("distributed") solar provide important benefits to New Yorkers. Every distributed solar project provides direct utility bill savings to New York homes and businesses, including low-income families and renters. Distributed solar projects generate meaningful revenue for rural landowners and local governments, and these projects can be sited on the built environment or co-located with agriculture to minimize land use impacts. In New York, small is big – distributed solar makes up 93% of New York's installed solar capacity, and local businesses and workers have a proven track record of deploying distributed solar quickly, cost-effectively and at-scale.
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