Climate Action Council

The New York State Climate Action Council is a 22-member appointed body that has prepared a Scoping Plan to serve as the roadmap to achieve the State’s bold clean energy and climate goals.

President and CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Richard Ball, Commissioner, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Marie Therese Dominguez, Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation
Thomas Falcone, CEO, Long Island Power Authority
Hope Knight, Commissioner and President & CEO, Empire State Development
Justin Driscoll, Acting President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Power Authority
Roberta Reardon, Commissioner, New York State Department of Labor
Rory Christian, Chair, New York State Public Service Commission
Robert J. Rodriguez, Secretary of State, New York State Department of State
RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner and CEO, New York State Homes and Community Renewal
Commissioner, New York State Department of Health

Mario Cilento, President, NYS AFL-CIO
Donna L. DeCarolis, President, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
Gavin Donohue, President and CEO, Independent Power Producers of New York
Dennis Elsenbeck, Head of Energy and Sustainability, Phillips Lytle
Rose Harvey, Senior Fellow for Parks and Open Space, Regional Plan Association
Bob Howarth, Professor, Ecology and Environmental Biology at Cornell
Peter Iwanowicz
Anne Reynolds, Executive Director, Alliance for Clean Energy New York
Raya Salter, Esq., Principal, Imagine Power LLC
Paul Shepson, Dean, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University

View detailed information and recordings from the Council’s meetings and hearings.

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View detailed information from the Advisory Panels, including recordings of past meetings and their recommendations for the Council.

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