Community Solar Program
- NYPIRG’s Community Solar Program is your gateway to sustainable savings.
- Customers of Central Hudson, National Grid, NYSEG, and Orange & Rockland can SIGN UP TODAY!
Participating in this program will bring you savings on your electric bill while helping to add more clean, local solar power to New York’s power grid.
- Fight climate change by reducing your home’s carbon footprint.
- Receive a monthly bill credit worth up to 10% off your bill!
- No long-term commitment — you may quit at any time with no penalty.
- Support new local clean energy — with no rooftop panels needed.
- Effortless enrollment — a few minutes is all it takes to join.
Customers of Central Hudson, National Grid, NYSEG, and Orange & Rockland can SIGN UP TODAY!
Customers of other utilities can check availability by contacting NYPIRG’s solar team at communitysolar@nypirg.org.
Thank you!
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Fracking backers eye reversing New York's 12-year-old ban (Newsday, July 22, 2026)
Lawmaking is a big money game in Albany (WAMC, July 20, 2026)
Donors can circumvent political contribution limits by giving to party accounts (Newsday, July 18, 2026)
Buffalo Bills owners stuff Hochul campaign coffers after stadium support (WXXI, July 17, 2026)
NYPIRG supports governor’s data center moratorium but says it should go further (Mid-Hudson News, July 16, 2026)
State's moratorium on data centers is an important first step (Rome Sentinel, July 15, 2026)
NYPIRG praises Hochul's moratorium on hyperscale data centers (CBS 6 Albany, July 14, 2026)
New York Orders Moratorium on Large Data Center Permits
State is first to implement a full halt on new approvals (Engineering News-Record, July 14, 2026)
New York Becomes First State in the Nation to Pause New Hyperscale Data Centers (Inside Climate News, July 14, 2026)
Hundreds of Residents, Community Leaders Rally Against Gov. Hochul’s Costly and Dangerous Nuclear Agenda on Statewide Day of Action (Yonkers Times, July 5, 2026)
The state of good government reform in Albany (The Capitol Pressroom, June 26, 2026)
Will Governor Hochul hit the ‘pause’ button on data centers? (WAMC, June 23, 2026)
Blair Horner, NYPIRG Senior Policy Advisor, talks late budget, Hochul, lobbyists, and more (CBS 6 Albany, June 21, 2026)
How an alleged NYC real estate scammer stayed in business despite years of complaints (Gothamist, June 17, 2026)
New York ballot wording change is the wrong move (Newsday, June 11, 2026)
NYPIRG’s Horner on State Legislature Performance (The Sanctuary for Independent Media, June 11, 2026)
The 2026 legislative session staffers to a close (WAMC, June 9, 2026)
New York Legislature wraps up 'least productive' session in years (Yahoo News, June 9, 2026)
New York Lawmakers Pass One-Year Permitting Ban for New Data Centers (Industrial Info Resources, June 8, 2026)
Release: New Yorkers Face Alarming Cost of Climate Change: Half a Trillion in Spending Needs
Report: Paying for Resilience, in New York State - The Costs of Climate Change
NEW YORK STATE
NYPIRG Statement Regarding Governor Hochul’s Executive Order Placing a Moratorium on Large Data Centers in New York State
NYPIRG Statement on New York City’s Joint Bus Action Plan
As Heat Wave Scorches New York, Congress Must Protect Climate Change Superfund!
NYPIRG Statement on Climate and Affordability in the Final FY2027 City Budget
NYPIRG Statement on the FY2027 City Budget Agreement
Tale of the Tape: NYPIRG’s 2026 Legislative Review - Fewest Bills Passed, Outside Of Covid Year, Since Democrats Took Control Of The Legislature In 2019
Statement: NYPIRG Applauds Passage of Data Center Moratorium in Legislature
NYPIRG Statement on Mayor Mamdani's Executive Budget
Release: Review of Big Oil’s Financial Statement Shows Well Over $1.3 Trillion In Profits for Calendar Years 2021 Through The First Quarter Of 2026. NYPIRG Urges Repeal of $350 Million in Annual Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Help Address New York’s Affordability Crisis
NYPIRG highlights transit affordability and infrastructure in testimony before the New York City Council Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and General Welfare
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NYPIRG Statement on NYCEDC $7 Million Investment in CUNY to Develop Green Workforce
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Release: NYPIRG Reacts to Governor Hochul’s Proposal to Secretly Negotiate Rolling Back the Nation’s Leading Energy Affordability Climate Law During the Budget Process
Release: New York Shortchanges Independent Colleges by Tens of Millions of Dollars: NYPIRG Urges Lawmakers to Boost Aid as Part of Final Budget
Release: As the Largest Oil Companies Continue to Reap Massive Profits, NYPIRG Urges Repeal of $350 Million in Annual Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Help Address New York’s Affordability Crisis
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