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SOLAR POWER QUADRUPLES IN NYC
Mayor Bill de Balsio announced that since the start of his Administration, solar power has more than quadrupled, providing nearly 105 megawatts of electricity and directly supporting over 2,700 jobs across the five boroughs. Media Release   Based on what's in the installation queue, the City is on track to reach more than 140 MW of solar capacity this year. To further support the City's goal of installing 1 gigawatt of solar capacity citywide by 2030 - enough to power 250,000 homes - the City is launching the first round of Solarize NYC campaigns this week in Harlem and Downtown Brooklyn. Solarize NYC is a citywide program administered by the NYC Solar Partnership led by Sustainable CUNY, and is designed to further increase access to solar through community group purchasing campaigns.  Applications for communities to host Round 2 Solarize NYC campaigns are being accepted through May 5th at   solarizenyc.com.
"The City University of New York is proud to support Mayor De Blasio's solar goals and join with our partners to implement Solarize NYC," said Tria Case, University Director of Sustainability and Energy Conservation, lead for the NYC Solar Partnership. "The Mayor's vision to invest in efforts like Solarize WeACT and Solarize District 2030 will ensure that NYC leads the nation in renewable energy equity."

JUNE 21, 2017

John Jay College
NYC
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NEW this year at the Summit, 'Distributed Conversations' will be conducted at each table during an extended lunch session with a goal of soliciting action items that can advance key areas of solar and solar+storage.

NYC STORAGE ROADMAP WEBINAR
Sustainable CUNY partnered with the Clean Energy Group of Vermont to hold the webinar:
NYC's Policy Target & Roadmap for Resilient Solar+Storage. The webinar included an overview of CUNY's Smart  DG Hub's recently-released NYC Resilient Solar Roadmap, highlighting areas where work is underway to address the barriers identified in the Roadmap, as well as the related energy storage policy target announced by the NYC Mayor's Office in September 2016 aimed at achieving 100MW of storage by 2020
UNDERSTANDING PHASE 1 VDER TARIFF
CUNY hosted NYSERDA for an information session on April 26th, with a particular focus on the NYC Solar Installer stakeholder community, on the Phase I VDER tariff recently announced by the New York Public Service Commission.
While Phase II is still in the works, CUNY and NYSERDA are committed to continuing to connect with installers, educate around the mechanics and  implications for the new tariff, facilitate conversations, and supply the market with tools that can assist making the tariff simple, transparent, and digestible for all participants: installers, building owners, financiers, and other stakeholders. Installers who attended the event indicated the information presented was helpful; the webinar from the session will be posted shortly on the NY Solar Map and Portal.   NYSERDA and NYSEIA will be hosting another VDER webinar on May 2nd, with a State-wide focus. 
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FROM THE DIRECTOR
I was honored to receive the City & State Corporate Social Responsibility Award on April 25 th, along with Gil C. Quiniones, President & Chief Executive Officer, New York Power Authority, John Rhodes, President and CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and several others for 'outstanding work promoting sustainability in New York'. Executives and senior editorial staff members from City and State, a weekly magazine, selected the honorees based on accomplishments of in the field of social responsibility. Together, we all can build a sustainable future.
 
Tria Case, University Director of Sustainability and Energy Conservation, City University of New York,  Lead of NYC Solar Partnership
NYSolar Smart is a strategic effort led by Sustainable CUNY of the City University of New York that supports Federal, State and NYC solar initiatives to strategically remove barriers to large scale solar deployment.      
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