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1. More on Timely Payments for Contractors
2. Rory Christian Appointed Chair of Public Service Commission
3. VTOU Electric Rate Saves Big for Geo/EV Homeowner
4. Career Corner

1. More on Timely Payments for Contractors

NY-GEO is getting reports from some contractors that payments have become more timely, while they’ve remained atrociously slow for others, causing crippling cash flow problems.  We continue to be available to help with these issues at nygeoinfo@gmail.com.  We’d like to reiterate the process that we’ve set up below.  Please do contact the utility program manager if ICF is not responding in a timely and responsive manner.  Please don’t hesitate to let us know when, after making these contacts, things are still not working and you’d like help. 

To prevent delays in rebate payments, NY-GEO and the Clean Heat Joint Management Committee (JMC) are targeting a 3-business day limit for responses to contractor applications and any subsequent revisions.

NY-GEO urges contractors to take the following steps if they don’t hear back on their submission to ICFwithin 3 business days.  ICF is the contractor the JMC has hired to process applications.  ICF has recently hired a half dozen new employees to speed up its operation.

• If ICF does not respond or if you have a problem with their response, contact the utility Program Manager as listed below.
• If the Program Manager is not available or not able to help resolve the issue in a timely fashion, email NY-GEO at nygeoinfo@gmail.com or call us at 716-316-7674.

Central Hudson

Ray Cotto, Associate Energy Efficiency Program Manager
Phone: (845) 486-5750, Email: RCotto@cenhud.com

Con Ed

Will Xia, Program Manager

Phone: (646) 761-1851, Email: xiaw@coned.com

National Grid

Ayomide Balogun, Senior Program Manager
Phone: (518) 419-7365 Email: ayomide.balogun@nationalgrid.com

NYSEG/RG&E

Nicole Williams - Program Manager, Conservation and Load Management
Phone: 585-484-6592, Email: nicole.williams@nyseg.com

 Orange & Rockland

Mark Maloney

Phone: (845) 577-2433, Email: maloneym@oru.com

2.

"I am pleased to designate Rory Christian chair of the PSC," Governor Hochul said. "His deep expertise on utility operations and regulation, environmental policy, and community engagement make him uniquely qualified to help the State address the climate crisis while achieving PSC's core mission to maintain reliable and affordable utility service.  I have high expectations that under Rory's leadership, the PSC will advance innovative energy and telecommunications policy, protect consumers, enhance utility reliability and resilience, foster economic development, and responsibly tackle the challenge of climate change."

Rory M. Christian

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VTOU Electric Rate Saves Big for Geo/EV Homeowner

Jens Ponikau is a NY-GEO board member and leads Buffalo Geothermal Heating.  He’s also a homeowner with a geothermal system and his family are electric vehicle drivers.  In this video (passcode - %JQ0.v37), Jens talks about his experience using National Grid’s Voluntary Time of Use (VTOU) electricity rate, where he estimates he’s paying only 2/3rds of what he’d be paying at the regular residential rate.  Note the off peak hours in the bill below are more than three times those of on peak, yet the total charge for those hours is LESS than the charge for the on peak hours.  Please note - the VTOU rate does not work as well for buildings with Solar PV, and each utility has a different TOU rate in effect, some with provisions that don't work as well for geothermal heating and cooling as National Grid's.

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4. Career Corner

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