When New York State passed the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act as part of its FY20-21 budget, it created a first in the nation Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) to dramatically accelerate the siting and construction of large-scale renewable energy projects.

Fresh off a PPA signed with AEP for the first 400 MW phase of the up-to-1.3 GW Mammoth Solar project in Indiana, developer Global Energy Generation is making steps towards an end-of-year start to the construction of what will be one of the largest solar projects in the Midwest and country.