Energy score
Clean-energy readiness, grid resilience, and solar or efficiency opportunity signals.
Energy in New York82/100
Energy
Energy Readiness in New York
New York has serious clean-energy ambition and infrastructure complexity, with resilience shaped by coastal risk and dense demand. Energy in New York scores 82/100, placing it in the strong group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 82/100
Energy readiness
82/100
Strong planning context with major grid and building-retrofit challenges.
Climate stressor
Coastal flooding and heat
Flooding, heat, and storm exposure are central adaptation signals.
Solar opportunity
Useful
Rooftop and distributed energy help but do not solve peak demand alone.
New York energy data table
This HTML table mirrors the visible score cards so important comparison data is never trapped in a browser-only chart.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Energy readiness | 82/100 | Policy capacity is strong, but infrastructure complexity is high. |
| Climate stressor | Coastal flooding and heat | Resilience is inseparable from energy planning. |
| Solar opportunity | Useful | Distributed energy supplements grid-scale strategy. |
Energy city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| New York (this page) | 82/100 | New York has serious clean-energy ambition and infrastructure complexity, with resilience shaped by coastal risk and dense demand. |
| Seattle | 90/100 | Seattle operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work. |
| San Francisco | 86/100 | San Francisco operates with active climate policy, a comparatively low-carbon grid, and strong building-efficiency programs. |
| Los Angeles | 80/100 | Los Angeles benefits from strong solar resource, ambitious state-level transition policy, and active building and transport electrification. |
| Portland | 78/100 | Portland's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Chicago | 76/100 | Chicago has solid grid reliability with strong wind resource in the region and growing building-efficiency activity. |
| Denver | 76/100 | Denver's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Phoenix | 76/100 | Phoenix's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| San Diego | 76/100 | San Diego's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| San Jose | 74/100 | San Jose's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Tacoma | 74/100 | Tacoma's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Boston | 74/100 | Boston's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Minneapolis | 74/100 | Minneapolis's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Boulder | 74/100 | Boulder's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Oakland | 72/100 | Oakland's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Washington DC | 72/100 | Washington DC's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Austin | 72/100 | Austin's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Philadelphia | 72/100 | Philadelphia's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Salt Lake City | 72/100 | Salt Lake City's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Raleigh | 72/100 | Raleigh's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Madison | 72/100 | Madison's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Long Beach | 70/100 | Long Beach's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Miami | 70/100 | Miami's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Dallas | 70/100 | Dallas's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Atlanta | 70/100 | Atlanta's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Nashville | 70/100 | Nashville's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Charlotte | 70/100 | Charlotte's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Tampa | 70/100 | Tampa's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Orlando | 70/100 | Orlando's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Pittsburgh | 70/100 | Pittsburgh's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Houston | 70/100 | Houston's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
Interpretation
The energy score treats climate adaptation, grid capacity, and building efficiency as connected. Dense cities can transition quickly, but only with coordinated infrastructure work. Across the indexed cities the energy average is 63/100, so New York is 19 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 3 institutional references.
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Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
3 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- International Energy Agency: Empowering Urban Energy Transitions
Used to ground energy-readiness scoring in international transition guidance.
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New York city profile
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Cost of Living in New York
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Air Quality in New York
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Safety in New York
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Internet Speed in New York
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Climate Risk in New York
Climate exposure, hazard frequency, and adaptation context for floods, heat, storms, and wildfires.
Overall Intelligence
A balanced ranking of cities across affordability, air quality, clean-energy readiness, and resilience.
Quality of Life
Cities that combine strong services, mobility, safety, clean air, and resilience into a healthy day-to-day profile.