Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy
Toward a 100% Renewable Energy New York
SHARE has released a sign on letter calling on Governor Hochul to transition the State Capitol complex (Capitol, Empire State Plaza, and other nearby state buildings) to renewable energy within three years. Other organizations can help by signing the letter, which encourages the Governor to incorporate the Renewable Capitol Act into her next Executive Budget. Read More …
The New York state budget passed last week includes funding for the study that the Renewable Capital Act (RCA) calls for. Although the RCA is not explicitly mentioned in the budget provisions, one of the laws enacted in the budget—the Decarbonization of State-Owned Facilities Act—calls for the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to establish decarbonization Read More …
A recent article and an editorial in the Times Union spotlighted SHARE and the Renewable Capital Act: State pushed to `green’ its buildings, Raga Justin, Times Union, 4/17/23. Greening the Capitol, Editorial Board, Times Union, 4/19/23. Both supported the Renewable Capital Act and the editorial suggested expanding the act to provide clean power to the Read More …
The Renewable Capital Act – a bill first introduced in the previous legislative session to make our vision of having state facilities run fully on renewables a reality – has been reintroduced in the current session by Capital District Assemblymember Pat Fahy and by Albany State Senator Neil Breslin. The bill (A5633, S2689A) requires that Read More …
Ruth Foster and Merton Simpson have submitted SHARE’s Testimony to the Environmental Conservation Hearing on Executive Budget Appropriations for 2023 – 2024. “We call for the legislature to shut down the Sheridan Avenue Steam Plant (SASP) that heats and cools the Capitol and Empire State Plaza in Albany, and to fund the Sheridan Hollow neighborhood Read More …