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The New York Independent System Operator projects the state will require an additional 2.5 gigawatts of generation by 2035.

He also called for the quick appointment of a new head of Ukrhydroenergo, a hydropower generating company, and reforms for oil and gas giant Naftogaz and the nation's Gas Transmission System Operator.

Together, solar plus batteries have eliminated more than 37% of fossil gas use on the state’s main grid, the California Independent System Operator, in just the last two years, according to Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University.

The New York Independent System Operator now warns of a significant power shortfall, but the New York State Scoping Plan has called for 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and 100% zero-emissions electricity by 2040.

But the state has undergone a quiet shift in recent years, and the California Independent System Operator hasn’t issued a single one of those emergency pleas, known as Flex Alerts, since 2022.