But over the next five years,
electrical utilities alone will require an additional 7,000 power engineers, and factoring in other industries adds another 4,000 new hires.
The Cuomo administration estimates the Clean Energy Standard, chiefly its nuclear subsidies, will add an average of $ 2 to residential electric bills, although the Empire Center calculated the standard would hike the average residential bill by more than $ 2.09 in 2018 and by $ 3.40 in 2021 from added supply costs
alone; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the
electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as
utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.