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The Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act will enable utilities to provide renewable heating and cooling to entire neighborhoods!

Want to learn more about what thermal energy networks and why unions and environmentalists support them?

Tune in here!
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The Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act:

♨️Legally enables utilities to build thermal energy networks
👨‍⚖️Requires the PSC pilot 5 networks in each utility territory and develop regulations
🛠️Promotes union jobs and creates a #JustTransition for gas utility workers
Thermal energy networks are essentially pipes that carry hydronic or water-based fluid instead of gas.

That fluid carries thermal energy (heat) from where it's not needed to where it is, exchanging heat across buildings, subways, geothermal boreholes, water bodies, and more!
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The NYS Assembly hearing on All-Electric Buildings is about to begin!

Burning fossil fuels in buildings is New York's largest source of emissions. It's killing us and our planet.

It's time to stop expanding gas and build #RenewableHeatNow!

Tune in here: nyassembly.gov/av/live/
"Energy efficiency and electric heat pumps show strong promise for energy cost savings.

NYSERDA is also supporting 4 dozen feasibility studies on geothermal district heating systems. The community model will help underserved neighborhoods and holds strong promise for job growth"
"We see all-electric buildings in new construction not only as feasible, but affordable, and as an important starting point to achieve our climate goals.

We also see appliance standards and benchmarking as necessary." - @Doreen_M_Harris, President & CEO of NYSERDA
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National Grid (downstate) was supposed to release a tool today comparing the costs/benefits of different kinds of heating options like heat pumps, "natural" gas, and oil.

Now, they're delaying the release of this tool until after the legislative session.🤔
Good thing LIPA released this fact sheet:

Heat pumps are the most cost-effective way to decarbonize our buildings!

"With LIPA rebates, building a new all-electric home with a heat pump costs less than a home connected to the natural gas system."
flipsnack.com/lipower/lipa-b…
Meanwhile, National Grid is continuing to expand their gas system, and they're funding a front group called "NYers for Affordable Energy" to try to kill the #RenewableHeatNow policies we need:
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