The
U.S. Energy Information Administration provides a pretty interesting assessment of New York State's Energy Profile. Among the main findings:
- In 2010, New York was the eighth largest energy consumer in the
United States, but it had the second lowest energy consumption per capita after
Rhode Island, due in part to NY's widely used mass transportation
systems.
- The Marcellus shale, which underlies southwestern New York, is
estimated to hold at least 141 trillion cubic feet in technically
recoverable natural gas.
- The 2,353-megawatt Robert Moses Niagara hydroelectric power plant
was the fourth largest hydroelectric power plant in the United States in
2010 and, in 2011, New York produced more hydroelectric power than any
other State east of the Rocky Mountains.
- New York's Renewable Portfolio Standard requires that 30 percent of
electricity come from renewable energy resources by 2015; in 2011, 24
percent of electricity came from renewable energy resources.
- In 2011, New York had the fourth highest average electricity prices in the United States.
- More than half of New York households (53 percent) use individual
window or wall air conditioning units, while only 20 percent have a
central air conditioning system, according to EIA's Residential Energy
Consumption Survey.
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