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Dryden Renewable
Energy Workgroup |
Report to the
Dryden Town Board - August 14th, 2008
Goals:
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Make Dryden
a leader in renewable energy with a focus on building energy
sources and usage and building heating and cooling.
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Promote
renewable energy development and implementation in the Town of
Dryden for the government use of energy (town, villages, and
school districts), businesses, not-for-profits, and home owners.
Objectives:
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Implement
renewable energy (wind, solar, geothermal) on municipal and school
buildings to reduce non-renewable energy usage by taxing authority
– giving better, more cost effective and local control for energy
generation. Specifically the town highway buildings and the school
buildings.
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Develop an
education plan via the town website and code enforcement office
with guidance on conservation and programs to support
conservation, publicly available maps of wind zones, solar zones,
and geothermal zones.
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Create a
Town Energy Strategy with a modification to the Town of Dryden
Comprehensive Plan that takes energy usage, generation of energy,
and a long range plan for implementation of renewable energy
programs throughout the town into account.
Specific Tasks
requested of the Town Board:
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Direct the
conservation board to take up renewable energy initiatives:
research, development, and creation of maps marking wind zones,
solar zones, geothermal zones, and biomass capable properties.
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Direct the
planning board to take up renewable energy initiatives: review the
comprehensive plan and determine if a Town Energy Strategy is
lacking in the existing plan.
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Begin
partnerships between the Town of
Dryden,
Village of Dryden, and Village of Freeville, for a plan to
implement solar on the town and village highway buildings
including support for research, grants, planning, and
implementation.
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Review the
New York state law on net-metering and begin lobbying the state
assembly, state senate, and governor’s office for treatment of
net-excess energy creation at retail rate vs. current wholesale
rate.
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Support
partnerships between the Town of
Dryden
and Dryden based farms for development of renewable energy
projects including grant writing and implementation support.
Dryden Renewable Energy Workgroup
http://www.davidmakar.com/drew |
dave@davidmakar.com
David Makar: 607-342-3009
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