A fight over the future of New York City’s electric grid is heating up.

Energy developers are racing to build community-scale battery storage projects across the five boroughs, a push that the city is counting on to bolster reliability while cutting costs and pollution. State energy officials estimate that a rapid battery buildout over the next few years could yield $2 billion in statewide energy system savings, with much of the benefits concentrated in and around New York City.

Already, about two dozen projects have been built around the city, and scores more are in advanced stages of development. But Con Edison, the city’s electric utility, is pumping the brakes.

President Donald Trump’s historic cuts to federal benefits put massive holes in New York’s safety net. But while budget proposals from the Senate and Assembly would beef up the state’s investments in health care and food security, neither would fully avert the fallout.

Governor Kathy Hochul, whose agenda this year centers on affordability, has maintained that the state cannot afford to backfill federal cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Her January budget reflected that position.

The state legislature is proposing a major increase in funding to help immigrants defend themselves in court amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The state Senate and Assembly each proposed a budget increase of $110.8 million to fund immigrant services, primarily legal assistance. But their proposals leave unresolved how far the state is willing to go to shield immigrants from federal enforcement.

The immigrant services funding boost would more than double last year’s allocation, bringing the total to $183 million. It would allow legal services providers to significantly increase the number of people they’re able to represent in immigration court.

“This is nation-leading funding,” said Kelsey Pirnak, advocacy manager for the Vera Institute of Justice. The money could pave the way for New York to pass legislation to give immigrants a right to legal representation, as exists in criminal court, Pirnak said.