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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Tria Case, Esq. University Executive Director, Office of Sustainability & Energy Conservation, Sustainable CUNY, the City University of New York
Mohamed Attalla, Vice Chancellor of Facilities Planning, Construction and Management, City University of New York (CUNY)
Dan Montante, NYSEIA Board President
Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
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The morning conversation gave insights into how NYSERDA and Con Edison are approaching the ambitious project of decarbonizing America’s largest City. The discussion focused on how New York is advancing parallel efforts to reduce building emissions, electrify our buildings, prepare our grid for large-scale renewables and scale up local solar + storage deployment.
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Tria Case, Sustainable CUNY (Moderator)
Anthony Fiore, Chief Program Officer, NYSERDA
Matthew Ketschke, President, Con Edison
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Leaders at the NYC Mayor’s office and key City agencies focused on NYC’s local laws, pending zoning/permitting improvements, and other initiatives designed to accelerate solar and storage deployment that can help ambitious climate and clean energy goals in the complex-built NYC environment.
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Emily Sweeney, Solar Ombudsman, CUNY (moderator)
Julia Casagrande, Deputy Director, Clean Energy, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
Gus Sirakis, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Buildings
Julian Bazel, Counsel, Fire Department of New York (FDNY)
Steven Caputo, Assistant Commissioner, DCAS Division of Energy Management
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With nearly 40,000 installations on NYC buildings to-date, this panel featured leaders from real estate and the solar industry who are scaling up solar in the City.
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Luke Forster, Senior Business Analyst, DER, NYSERDA (presentation)
Noah Ginsburg, Executive Director, NYSEIA (moderator)
Laura Humphrey, Director of Sustainability, L+M Development Partners
T.R. Ludwig, Founder and CEO, Brooklyn SolarWorks
Lincoln Xia, CEO, Accord Power
Noam Bar-Zemer, Northeast Policy and Strategy Manager, SunPower
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Facilitated Lunch conversations brought stakeholders and decision-makers together to discuss important issues related to solar and energy storage; identify the key challenges in those areas; and propose solutions to address those challenges.
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The major role the EPA plays in our clean energy transition was highlighted, including regulating fossil fuel emissions and deploying the $27B Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, with the $7B earmarked for solar.
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Lisa Garcia, EPA Region 2 Administrator
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City of YES Zoning for Carbon Neutrality
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams
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This dynamic panel discussed how leading public, private and nonprofit clean energy financiers are harnessing opportunities such as the expanded federal tax incentives, the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and the Inflation Reduction Act to accelerate solar + storage deployment in NYC and across the nation.
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Louise Yeung, Chief Climate Officer, NYC Comptroller (moderator)
Gregory Randolph, Managing Director, New York Green Bank
Winston Chen, Director, Capital Markets, CleanCapital
Jay Merves, Director, Business Development, NYCEEC
Adam Gilbert, Head of Sales, Greentech Finance Solutions
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This panel focused on how leaders in affordable housing, community solar and workforce development are harnessing the Climate Leadership and Communities Protection Act, NYSERDA funding, and bonus tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to bring the benefits of solar and storage to New York City’s low-income communities.
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Gaspar Caro, CUNY (moderator)
Anika Wistar-Jones, Director, Here Comes Solar, Solar One
Jason Kaplan, COO and General Counsel, PowerMarket
Charles Callaway, Director of Workforce Development and Founder, WE ACT for Environmental Justice / SUN
Siobhan Watson, Deputy Director, Sustainability Programs, NYCHA
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Public and private industry leaders outlined how the City and State are providing incentives and working together to reform permitting and zoning to catalyze more in-City storage deployment.
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Daniella Leifer, DG Ombudsman, CUNY (moderator)
Jon Carbajal, Director of Product Development, NineDot Energy
Bill Oberkehr, Senior Project Manager, NYSERDA
Nilus Klingel, Senior Planner, NYC Department of City Planning
Paul Rogers, Co-Founder and Principal, Energy Safety Response Group
Kelly Sarber, CEO, Strategic Management Group
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