Enivronmental justice & Sustainability Indicator

Clean Energy Certifications

The total number of communities in the 8-county region participating in NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Communities 3.0 Program and achieving a designation as of April 2024.

  • The data for the number of clean energy communities is sourced from NYSERDA - Clean Energy Communities Map. This data contains the total number of communities participating in NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Community 3.0 Program and attaining a designation as well an Advanced (v3.0) Designation until April 2024.

122

By the end of April 2024, 122 communities in the 8-county region had joined NYSERDA's Clean Energy Communities 3.0 Program.

75%

Orleans County boasts the highest designation attainment rate among the 8 counties in our region, with 75% of participating communities successfully achieving designation as of April 2024.

Yates County

As of April 2024, only 3 out of the 7 communities participating in NYSERDA's Clean Energy Community 3.0 Program in Yates County have attained a designation.

Advanced (v3.0) Designation

As of April 2024, 37 out of 122 participating communities have attained Advanced (v3.0) Designation in NYSERDA's Clean Energy Community 3.0 Program.

This infographic for “Clean Energy Certifications” displays a stacked bar chart representing the number of communities participating in NYSERDA's Clean Energy Communities 3.0 Program across the 8-county region. It categorizes the communities by their status: designated, not designated, or those with an advanced (v.3.0) designation. The data is current as of April 2024.

Pro Tip: If you hover over the designation in the legend, it highlights the relevant section.

This infographic for “Clean Energy Certifications” shows a bar chart for the Percent Designation Achievement within NYSERDA's Clean Energy Communities 3.0 Program by the 8 counties in our region in 2024.