Overview
- In an op-ed, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed pushing required emissions regulations to the end of 2030, a move that would effectively nullify that year’s mandate.
- Her plan would switch greenhouse-gas accounting from a 20-year to a 100-year measure, add a 2040 benchmark, and keep the 2050 target, easing near‑term compliance.
- She intends to fold the changes into state budget negotiations due by April 1, while legislators say they have not received written bill language.
- Hochul cites household and business cost pressures and a NYSERDA analysis projecting steep price impacts, claims environmental advocates dispute.
- Business groups praise the proposals as pragmatic, many Democratic lawmakers and green groups oppose the methodology shift, and a court order to release delayed cap‑and‑invest rules remains under appeal.