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Green the Grid & Electrify Everything

Join New Yorkers for Clean Power to learn what NYS needs to do in order to ensure our electric grid is powered by renewable sources and how we can decarbonize our buildings and transportation so they are running off of that renewable electricity. After this presentation by the NYCP Team, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and tell us if you would like someone from NYCP to give this presentation to your community group/classroom/organization etc. – reach out to us at info@nyforcleanpower.org

Speakers:
NYCP Team
– Michaela Ciovacco, Program Coordinator
– Gregory Simpson, Senior Clean Power Fellow
– Jen Metzger, Former State Senator & Senior Policy Advisor
– Cal Trumann, Climate Education Clean Power Fellow
– Andrew Pezzullo, Large-scale Renewables Clean Power Fellow
-Betta Broad, Campaign Director

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Climate Week NYC 2021: Offshore Wind Power, Ports, & Job Creation in NY

Offshore Wind Power, Ports, & Job Creation in NY

Co-hosted with ACE NY, E2 and NRDC
Sept. 22, 1-2 pm ET –

ACE NY, E2, NRDC and New Yorkers for Clean Power are hosting a 1-hour virtual event during Climate Week NYC to discuss the challenges and enormous opportunities that offshore wind presents for port facilities and underserved communities. The panel discussion will begin with a short film by ACE NY on the topic.

Introduction to Opening Video: Anne Reynolds, Executive Director, ACE NY

Moderator: Nathanael Greene, Senior Renewable Energy Advocate, Climate & Clean Energy Program, NRDC

Introductions: Uchenna Bright, Eastern States Advocate, E2

Panelists:

Alba Pena, Community Engagement Manager, Equinor

Summer Storm Sandoval, Energy Democracy Coordinator, UPROSE

Willie White, Senior Employment and Training Specialist in the Youth and Workforce Services Department for the City of Albany, NY

Ross Gould, Vice President for Supply Chain Development, Business Network for Offshore Wind

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Green Affordable Housing

Checkout our online teach-in reviewing successful green affordable housing around the state, helpful policy initiatives and how to scale up to meet NY’s climate goals!

Speakers include:
Elizabeth McDade, Rochester Energy Efficiency & Weatherization (RENEW)
Guy Kempe, RUPCO
Jen Metzger, Former NYS State Senator & NYCP Policy Advisor
Jamal Lewis, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
Michael DiRamio, Assistant Director of Energy Affordability & Equity at NYSERDA
Zach Fink, ZBF Geothermal

Co-hosted by Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, Urban Strategist, and Betta Broad, Director of Advocacy & Organizing at Association for Energy Affordability/NYCP Campaign Director

You can take action for Green Affordable Housing by filling out our form here: http://tiny.cc/Act4AffordableGreenHouse

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NYCP Earth Day 2021

We’re excited to introduce your to our whole team at New Yorkers for Clean Power and tell you about the different “Earth Day Actions” you can take! Fill out our Earth Day form to select how you would like to #ActOnClimate today: http://tiny.cc/NYCPEarthDay2021

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Legislation to Electrify NY’s Transportation

Learn about current legislation in New York that supports electric vehicle sales, charging infrastructure and greening public transportation. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and take action!
Send a letter to your representative: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-green-transit-green-jobs-in-new-york/
Connect with NYCP to meet with your legislator about clean transportation: https://forms.gle/2xpkWpwUBfHDpu9Q8

Featuring:
– Mo-Yain Tham, Policy and Research Associate at Jobs to Move America
– Rachel Patterson, Legislative & Climate Associate at Environmental Advocates NY
– Carine Dumit, Director of Market Development & Public Policy at EVgo
– Albert Gore, Director of Public Policy & Business Development at Tesla.

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Improving NY’s Benefit Cost Analysis

Our state’s regulatory processes are not taking all the factors into account when deciding the cost benefit ratios of fossil fuel & renewable infrastructure! Learn what needs to be considered by industry experts. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and take action for a better BCA!
Visit our take-action page to improve NY’s BCA: tinyurl.com/bcacomment

Speakers include:

Sonal Jessel, the Director of Policy at WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Andy Frank, the Founder & President of Sealed and Strategic Advisory Group member to inform the Building Electrification Process for the Department of Public Service

John Ciovacco, the President of Aztech Geothermal and Strategic Advisory Group member to inform the Building Electrification Process for the DPS

Jessica Azulay, the Executive Director of Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE) and active party member in numerous rate cases across NYS.

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NY Towns & Cities Transition Off Fossil Fuels (Buildings) & How to Pay For It

Learn about gas bans, Ithaca’s cutting edge energy codes and how towns & cities can decarbonize their existing buildings!

Speakers:
Amy Turner – Senior Fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School
Nick Goldsmith – Sustainability Coordinator for the City of Ithaca and the Town of Ithaca
Mark Thielking – Director of Energy and Sustainability for the Town of Bedford.

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New Rules for Renewables Show Support

Learn from supporters and industry experts on the new regulations released by the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) and how you can participate as a supporter in the upcoming online stakeholder sessions.

Speakers:
Anne Reynolds, Executive Director of Alliance for Clean Energy New York
Giuseppina Agovino, Founding Member of Friends of Flint Mine Solar
Ryan Piche, County Manager at Lewis County
Jessica Enzmann, Organizing Representative at Sierra Club

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USES Webinar: Big Solar in NY

Learn how NYS can greatly ramp up solar power generation to provide inexpensive, abundant, and reliable electricity on a large scale. Dr. Richard Perez will be presenting his research about how solar power has the technical capabilities to achieve this goal and what is needed to ensure that this transformation will be successful.

We will also be very briefly discussing the new proposed regulations from the NYS Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) about siting major renewable energy facilities, including for solar power, and next steps in this process.

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ACE Town Hall Renewable Energy + Storage: A Match Made in NY?

This is a technical dialogue/town hall discussing how pairing solar and wind energy projects with energy storage can help New York meet its ambitious 70 percent by 2030 clean energy requirement about projects that pair wholesale renewable energy with energy storage. There is growing interest in large-scale projects that pair batteries with solar power or pair batteries with wind turbines developing new “hybrid” (solar and storage or wind and storage) projects in the state, as the costs of battery storage continue to rapidly decline. But as often the case with any new technology, the rules often need time to catch up with the innovation. We will discuss what the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has already done to facilitate renewables + storage projects; what wind and solar developers would like to further change regarding NYISO rules; and the thorny questions that remain about how to best balance the need for energy storage with efficient operation of the grid.

Speakers include:

Dr. William Acker, Executive Director of NY-BEST

Dave Gahl , Senior Director of State Affairs, Northeast, SEIA

John Broadbeck, Senior Manager of Transmission, EDPR

Mike DeSocio, Senior Manager of Market Design at the NYISO

Pete Fuller, Principal of Autumn Lane Energy Consulting

Moderator: Anne Reynolds, Executive Director, ACE NY

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