Everything in this Draft Plan hurts rural New York specifically and New York State in general.

The electrical grid can't handle the extra load.  Not just from the mandated electrification of..everything, but the additional electricity that would have to be fed into the grid.  But instead of repairing and modernizing the grid to handle the load first, the Plan mandates electrify everything first and then fix the grid.  (Perfect example--Ticonderoga will have approved five solar farm projects by the end of the year.  National Grid (the owners of the electrical grid in the area) have told us that the grid can't handle any more input here.  It'll be maxed out.)

Homeowners and taxpayers can't afford it.  To convert a home from fuel oil/natural gas heat and appliances will require the home to be rewired to handle the additional load and circuitry and possibly (if the home uses baseboard hot water heating) a major remodel which would cost tens of thousands of dollars.  Add in the cost of a tier 3 charging station installation (at an estimated 15 to 20 thousand dollars) for the mandated battery electric vehicle and you're easily looking at $50,000 to bring just one home into compliance with the Plan (if it's implemented) and $383,965,350,000 dollars to bring every home in New York State into compliance (Based on US Census data from 2020 of 7,679,307 dwellings in New York State multiplied by the 50,000 dollar estimate.) 

Electric vehicle technology just isn't ready for New York's timeline.  BEVs have limited range per charge and do not do well in cold climates or mountainous terrain, both of which are hallmarks of New York State.  BEVs do not do well as tow vehicles, another common use of ICE vehicles in rural New York. However, BEVs do excel in urban environments where distances traveled are short and stop and go traffic is the norm.

The Plan puts a lot of emphasis on public transportation and walking/cycling.  Great things in an urban environment.  In rural New York public transportation doesn't really exist and in most instances the distances involved are too great to walk/cycle where you need to go.

To realistically implement the Draft Plan, the timeline should be doubled to allow the required technologies to be developed, repair and modernize the electrical grid first, and change the requirements to exempt rural areas from the no ICE vehicle mandates.  Alternately, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act should be repealed and the Council dissolved.