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Advocates and city officials press utilities, PSC to speed thermal energy pilots and Local Law 97 funding
Summary
New York City officials and clean‑energy advocates told the Senate committee that neighborhood‑scale utility thermal energy networks (U‑10 pilots) and scaled funding for building electrification are essential to meet Local Law 97 and CLCPA goals in dense urban areas; they urged the PSC and State to prioritize solicitations, devote system benefits
City officials and environmental groups urged faster approvals and scaled funding for neighborhood‑scale clean‑heat projects and for programs that help large buildings comply with Local Law 97.
Elijah Hutchinson, executive director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, told the committee the city has complied with the first Local Law 97 deadline and that nearly half of New York State’s population lives in the city. He urged state funding and program design that give priority to dense, harder‑to‑decarbonize housing and disadvantaged communities, and called for PSC action on…
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