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Just In! (from NY-GEO)

All across the state, New Yorkers are de-carbonizing their heating and cooling systems by switching to electric powered heat pumps. NY-GEO is here

Just In! is NY-GEO’s weekly news feed for members. NY-GEO’s calendar-year memberships are open to everyone and available for as little as $35. See more information on memberships hereClick here to see some of the work a NY-GEO membership supports. We also feature three of the top news item summaries on the NY-GEO home page every Monday.

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NY-GEO Announces Christine Hoffer as New Executive Director – Please welcome Christine Hoffer to the NY-GEO family. Christine will continue the tradition of advancing geothermal heating and cooling in NY and around the country, interacting with NY-GEO members, legislators and the many other stakeholders in our industry. Founding Executive Director Bill Nowak will transition to a role on the NY-GEO Board of Directors, assist with policy issues and continue publishing our “Just In” weekly newsletter. Read the press release here on Christine’s hiring here.

Christine Hoffer – New Executive Director of NY-GEO

Orange & Rockland Gets Geothermal Neighborhood Approval Letter – Marco Padula, Director of the Office of Markets and Innovation at the NYS Department of Public Service has issued a letter authorizing Orange & Rockland Utilities to move forward with a proposal to develop a district geothermal system in its service territory “As described in your filing, the Company will work to develop a business model for a utility-owned district ground loop for use with ground-source heat pumps (GSHP) in a mixed-use neighborhood with residential and commercial buildings. After this model has been developed, the Company intends to partner with a developer to design, implement, and evaluate the deployment of a shared district ground loop in a new construction housing development targeting low-to-moderate (LMI) customers or a disadvantaged community (DAC).” See the letter here.

Marco Padula, Director of the DPS Office of Markets and Innovation

D.C. Set to be 2nd East Coast City with Gas Ban – David Iaconangelo – EnergyWire – “Washington, D.C., is expected to become the second East Coast city to ban fossil fuel boilers and water heaters in most new buildings, following the unanimous approval of two bills by the City Council this week that are supported by the mayor. When the bills are enacted, the nation’s capital would join New York City in instituting a ban on most fossil fuel heat — an idea that has also spread to several dozen West Coast municipalities and, in a more limited way, across Washington state.   Full article here.

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