Long Island continues to be a key driver in the state’s efforts to meet ambitious green-energy goals, already exceeding the 2025 plan for solar power and electric heat pump installations, while leading in electric-vehicle adoption, officials said at a future-of-energy conference in Hauppauge.
Long Island this year has surpassed 85,000 homes with solar rooftops, said Mike Voltz, PSEG Long Island’s director of energy efficiency and renewables, with the milestone of one in 10 Long Island customers powered by the sun possible by 2026. Also, more than 59,000 EV drivers are on roadways on Long Island — long one of the top EV regions in the state — though the figure remains short of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ambitious plan for Long Island to have more than 178,000 EVs on its roadways by next year.
Carrie Meek-Gallagher, director of the state Department of Public Service’s Long Island office, noted that Long Island makes up 12-14%…
