Green energy plan impaired by insufficient grid

New York's ambitious green-energy goals are facing tall challenges due to a lack of transmission lines needed to move electricity from the upstate region to the power hungry metropolis of New York City. That is one of the conclusions in the annual report of the New York Independent System Operator, which manages the power grid across the state and works to ensure the reliability of the network of transmission systems. New York's goal of getting at least 50 percent of its energy from clean, renewable sources by 2030 "will be jeopardized because energy delivery from renewable resources to downstate load centers will be constrained," the grid manager suggested. The snapshot of the state's power resources offered a tale of two regions, with power to downstate mainly being generated from the burning of fossil fuels, while upstate chiefly relies on hydro, nuclear and increasing levels of wind energy.