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In a major boost to the clean energy sector, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers have finalized the $268.5 billion fiscal year 2027 state budget, securing a $200 million funding injection for the state’s flagship NY-Sun distributed solar initiative (PV Magazine USA). This capital allocation, delivered via the state’s Sustainable Future Fund, is designed to extend the reach of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) program, which aims to deploy 10 GW of distributed solar capacity across residential, commercial, and community-scale projects. The enacted budget also contains legislative provisions aimed at resolving grid integration bottlenecks, requiring investor-owned utilities to modernize their grid-connection processes. This move is expected to reduce the time and capital expenditures required for solar developers to clear utility interconnection queues. Meanwhile, the American Clean Power Association (ACP) has released a report highligh