Nuclear Politics

New York Governor Announces Ambitious Initiative To Create 8.4 GW Of Nuclear Capacity

By Nigel Davies
14 January 2026

‘Nuclear Reliability Backbone’ project unveiled as developers express ‘robust interest’ in first 1 GW plant

New York Governor Announces Ambitious Initiative To Create 8.4 GW Of Nuclear Capacity
New York governor Kathy Hochol gives her State of the State address. Courtesy Kathy Hochul/YouTube Screen Grab.
New York State governor Kathy Hochul has unveiled an ambitious new nuclear power initiative that would add 4 GW of new nuclear energy to existing capacity in the state, and on top of recently announced plans for a new 1 GW plant.

Want to know more?
Sign up.

Pen Use this content

Tags


Related