French: New York's renewable siting office still staffing up after two years
Marie French · New York’s clean energy puzzle · Nov 2, 2022 · at 9:25
Marie French, an energy reporter covering New York state policy, discusses administrative and regulatory bottlenecks hindering renewable energy deployment in the state.
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“OREZ, the Office of Renewable Energy Siting, which is the new state office that was set up to do permitting and speed it up, essentially, for renewable developers, is still staffing up. And it's been two years. So, you know, we're still waiting.”
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