Faces of Power

Journey to 2030

Meet some of the stars at NYPA led by CEO Gil Quiniones who just so happen to be from a broad range of backgrounds: Patricia Lombardi, Yves Edouard Noel, Daniella Piper, Sarah Orban Salati, Nancy Harvey.

Emissions Dropped Ten Percent

Coal plants produced 19.98 percent of the grid’s generation in 2020, for the entire continental U.S. So coal generation came in under one-fifth for the first time. Though ever so slightly (by two-hundredths of a percent).

While zero-emission nuclear, hydro, wind and solar produced 38.53 percent. That’s nearly two-fifths. And nearly twice coal’s percentage.

All this happened because coal generation dropped almost nineteen percent from 2019 to 2020. As a result, carbon dioxide emissions dropped by around ten percent.