PLANYC

New York City's plan to create a "greener, greater NY"
http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/html/home/home.shtml

10-point plan
1-3: more homes, better transit, closer parks
4-6: upgrade water and transport networks, update energy infrastructure
7-10: reduce CC emissions by 30%, cleanest air of any big U.S. city, clean contaminated land, open 90% of waterways for recreation

14 Energy Initiatives are part of the plan to update energy infrastructure. Many conservation-based, or based on reliability (not necessarily greenness) of infrastructure, but also mention clean distributed generation and expansion of gas infrastructure. Number 11 is "foster market for RE" and contains the following points:
• Create a property tax abatement for solar panel installations
• Study the cost-effectiveness of solar electricity when evaluated on a Real Time Pricing scenario
• Support the construction of the city's first carbon neutral building, primarily powered by solar electricity
• Increase use of solar energy in City buildings through creative financing
• Work with the State to eliminate barriers to increasing the use of solar energy in the city
• Pilot one or more technologies for producing energy from solid waste
• End methane emissions from sewage treatment plants and expand the productive use of digester gas
• Study the expansion of gas capture and energy production from existing landfills

Energy Section of PlaNYC report (18pp)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/downloads/pdf/report_energy.pdf

• 108 Energy efficiency initiatives with planned gov't support and payback time
• 111 Clean distributed generation involves conventional fuels, but lose less energy since transmission length is much shorter. Often used for CHP; and in some cases, district energy. Currently, long & difficult process to become approved for DG by ConEdison.
• 112 Lots of potential for solar energy, but due to tall buildings, installed costs for solar are 50% higher than Long Island
• 113 Explanation of tidal power - like wind turbines under the water.
• No mention of total anticipated costs. Relatively small part of program is devoted to implementation of RE. More energy efficiency and developing natural gas-based power, both central and DG.
• No mention of how many jobs it might add.