New York State has reauthorized its Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, which requires the state to reduce demand for electricity and natural gas heating 15% by 2015.

NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Two environmental groups said on Monday the giant Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York could be replaced with cleaner, safer energy sources.

A proposed gas line, the first supplier branch that would be built into Manhattan in some forty years, has prompted discussion over the energy future of New York City, and the safety of the neighborhoods that it would go through.