If New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo succeeds in his effort to close Indian Point nuclear power plant, carbon emissions will spike and the state will become more dependent on fossil fuels than it has been since 2000, a new Environmental Progress (EP) analysis finds.

EP finds:

New York's dependence on fossil fuels will rise from 44 percent to 56 percent of its electricity mix;

New York will lose 23 percent of its clean power;

Power sector carbon emissions will skyrocket 29 percent, from 31 to 40 million metric tons;

Twice as many emissions will be added as are required to be reduced under EPA's Clean Power Plan.

The replacement power for Indian Point is likely to come mostly from natural gas power plants, not renewables, including the CPV Energy Center, which is at the heart of a federal corruption investigation.

Indian point produces four times more power than all of New York's wind, and 236 times more power than all of New York's solar. New York is uniquely unsuited for solar, where it produces power just 15 percent of the year on average, according to New York's Independent System Operator