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Ithaca Green New Deal staff lay out funding status, program timeline and legal tweak for CCA and DER plan
Summary
At a recent Ithaca Green New Deal meeting staff reviewed funding sources, a rooftop solar pilot, a proposed split of the city—s CCA/DER local law that will go to council, and a 70-plus-item set of climate recommendations based on NYSERDA risk assessments.
At a regular meeting of the Ithaca Green New Deal steering group, staff detailed the status of multiple funding streams, a planned rooftop solar pilot and workforce training, and said the city will send a revised local law on community choice aggregation (CCA) and the distributed energy resources (DER) plan to City Council for review and a public hearing in June.
Rebecca, a project staff member leading the plan development, told the committee that federal, state and philanthropic funds are committed or under consideration for several projects. She said the hydrogen project carries a $1,000,000 earmark and that a separate $1.5 million earmark for an ICSD/workforce effort remains “floating in the ether of the Department of Energy.” She said the Park Foundation funding could provide about $12,000 for electric-vehicle training for local mechanics, and that a $200,000 capital allocation from last year will be used to…
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