city with the most residents in every census since 1790. New York is the nation's fourth most populous state, and its largest city, New York, has been the U.S. New York consumes less total energy per capita than all but two other states. Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power ProducersĬompressed Natural Gas and Other Alternative FuelsĮnergy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households) Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total) Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation 1)Įlectric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity 31)Įxpected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant LiquidsĬrude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. Gross Domestic Product for the Manufacturing SectorĮxpected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. Next Update: J+ EXPAND ALL Energy Indicators In 2020, New York’s per capita energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were lower than those of any other state in the nation.New York consumes less total energy per capita than the residents in all but two other states, and per capita energy consumption in New York’s transportation sector is lower than in all other states.

hydroelectricity net generation, and the state was the third-largest producer of hydropower in the nation, after Washington and Oregon. In 2021, New York accounted for 11% of U.S.Nuclear power accounted for 25% of New York's utility-scale net generation in 2021, down from 34% in 2019 because of the closure of Indian Point nuclear power plant, one of the state's four nuclear power plants. The last two reactors at the plant shutdown in 20.In 2021, renewable sources and nuclear power, together, supplied 54% of New York's total in-state generation from utility-scale and small-scale facilities. New York revised its Clean Energy Standard in 2019 to require 100% carbon-free electricity from both renewable sources and nuclear energy by 2040.

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