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A
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6118
are
a
resolution
of
the
council
in
support
of
participation
in
the
Capital
Region
Community
Choice
aggregation
program
to
negotiate
and
enter
into
energy
supply
contracts
with
energy
service
company
companies
all
right.
Well.
So
what
we
met
on
this
resolution
last
year
and
I
think
there
was
a
general
feeling
that
there
needed
to
be
more
education
on
this
whole
issue
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
individuals
advocates
have
been
out
in
the
community
attending
various
neighborhood
meetings.
A
We
have
a
letter
of
support
from
our
sustainability,
Advisory
Committee
here
in
the
city,
so
we
there
was
a
feeling
that
we
needed
more
education
on
this
issue.
The
importance
of
this
issue
and
and
as
we've
talked
about
before
the
Community
Choice
aggregation.
The
idea
is
that
different
municipalities
will
band
together
in
order
to
procure
more
renewable
sources
of
energy
and
also
get
a
better
price
and
save
of
residents
who
participate
or
municipalities
who
participate,
save
residents
money
as
well
and
so
chop.
A
A
fair
amount
of
time
has
passed
and
there
are
other
municipalities
who
have
made
the
decision
to
participate
in
an
aggregate
and
some
of
those
the
some
of
them
have
made
a
commitment
to
explore
community
choice.
Abrogation
with
one
of
the
administrative
companies
met
called
mega
and
Luis
Galvez
here
from
mega,
and
some
of
those
municipalities
are
Saratoga
Guilderland
telling
Scotland
other
municipalities
still
reviewing
the
situation.
Town
of
Bethlehem
miss
Fiona
Laurie's
will
also
Glens.
A
Falls
has
had
presentations
as
well
as
city
of
Schenectady
and
there's
an
outreach
also
to
city
of
Troy
and
Water
Valley,
so
we're
going
to
have
we've
invited
Louie's
gather
from
mega
and
Tina
Lieberman,
who
is
on
our
sustainability
advisory
committee
here,
to
give
us
an
update
about
Community
Choice
aggregation
where
things
stand
with
this
aggregate
that
is
currently
forming.
I
should
also
point
out
that
they
are.
They
have
a
feel
they're
going
to
have
enough
people
on
board
enough
municipalities
on
board
to
create
the
aggregate.
A
I
guess,
there's
a
certain
threshold
that
they
have
to
reach
and
they
believe
they're
going
to
be
reaching
that
and
ready
to
sign
a
contract
in
November.
So
you
can
clarify
that
a
little
bit
and
I
want
to
invite
the
Tina
and
Louise
to
please
come
up
and
have
a
seat
and
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
more
about
this
and
I
wanted.
I
also
want
to
say
folks
who
are
in
the
audience
will
have
an
opportunity
to
make
some
public
comment
also,
so
welcome.
B
C
Let
me
know
this
is
not
your
first
time
hearing
about
this
program.
Okay,
sure
I
did
have
Michelle
very,
very
much
gratitude
to
Michelle
for
printing
out
some,
the
PowerPoint
here
just
to
help
guide
our
conversation,
so
I'm
Louise
gava
from
the
municipal
electric
and
gas
Alliance
and
I'm
the
Community
Choice
aggrevation
project
leader.
So
my
job
is
to
do
this
type
of
education
with
municipalities
and,
ultimately,
with
their
residents.
I.
Think
so,
just
a
really
quick
background
on
Megha,
so
we
actually
do
serve
this
city.
Now
Megha
is
a
not-for-profit
Local
Development
Corporation.
C
We
serve
300
municipalities
across
New,
York
State,
including
half
of
the
counties,
and
what
what
we
do
is
we're
an
aggregate
there
too.
So
we
bring
all
the
municipalities
together,
use
bulk
purchasing
and
competition
to
drive
down
the
price
for
those
supply
contracts.
So
in
April
of
2016,
when
New
York
State
said
this
can
now,
municipalities
can
now
offer
this
opportunity
to
their
residents.
It
was
a
natural
fit
to
for
Megha
to
move
into
this
space
because
we've
been
doing
it
for
municipalities
for
two
decades
now
so
in
I
think
you
all
know.
C
Generally,
when
you
purchase
electricity,
you
pay
for
two
main
things:
delivery
and
supply.
You
know
the
delivery
covers
the
cost
of
the
physical
infrastructure,
the
maintenance,
the
wires
all
of
those
things
and
we're
talking
about
CCA,
where
we're
not
talking
about
switching
who
owns
or
maintains
any
of
that
infrastructure
right,
we're
just
talking
about
the
supply
portion,
so
the
physical
electron
and
picking
a
new
default
over
National
Grid.
C
So
in
that
case,
and
if
you
want
to
follow
along
that
that
little
graphic
there
is
on
you
know
the
third
slide
in
and
really
quickly
just
for
some
context.
As
a
reminder,
the
community
tree
segregation
is
actually
part
of
the
broader
reforming
the
energy
vision
initiative
in
New
York
right.
So
this
is
since
2014.
When
you
are
extend,
we
need
a
more
reliable,
affordable
resilient
grid,
and
how
are
we
going
to
do
that?
C
We
need
to
engage
and
empower
consumers
and
have
them
be
part
of
this
process,
and
CCA
is
really
about
that
and
again
in
2016
New
York
State
said:
ok,
CCA
is
alive
and
well
municipalities.
Here's
the
rulebook,
here's
what
you
have
to
do
if
you
want
to
give
yourself
this
authority
at
the
end
of
the
day
as
Kathy
said
earlier,
this
is
a
bulk
purchasing
group
and
cities.
Towns
and
villages
can
give
yourself
the
authority
to
do
CCA.
C
This
is
you
have
the
authority
through
general
municipal
law,
article
2,
section
10,
and
then
it's
regulated
by
the
Public
Service
Commission,
in
terms
of
which
boxes
you
need
to
check.
If
you
look
at
there's
a
map
on
the
slide,
I
think
it's
six
and
that
will
show
you
and
I'm
sorry
that
it's
not
color-coded
but
it'll
be
the
first
map
you
come
to,
and
that
shows
you
Kathy
was
referring
to.
You
know:
municipalities
in
the
region
that
have
already
started
to
come
together
in
this
aggregate,
and
so
that
dark
outline
is
your
load
zone.
C
So
that's
the
wholesale
power
zone
that
the
city
is
in
and
anyone
within
that
zone,
but
most
most
any
resident
within
that
zone
would
be
able
to
park.
The
thir
municipality
would
be
able
to
participate
with
the
city,
and
so
we
actually
have,
as
Kathy
was
saying,
we
have
a.
We
have
around
30,000
households
worth
of
residents,
so
the
municipalities
that
add
up
to
30,000
households
that
are
committed
to
explore
CCA
with
mega
right
now
in
the
Capital
Region,
so
you'd
be
joining
that
group
and
we
have
numerous
other
municipalities.
C
C
So
within
within
that
boundary,
actually
it's
the
third
to
last
page
there's
another
map
actually
that
zooms
in
and
shows
you,
but
it's
not
colored,
so
it
doesn't
look
that
will
show
you.
The
municipality
is
that
equal,
the
30,000
as
Kathy
was
saying
our
cutoff
to
get
the
group
purchasing
that
that
the
market
benefits
the
residents
is
at
40,000.
So
we
have
commitments
from
30,000
at
this
point,
but
we
have
interest
from
more
than
than
that
to
go
forward.
Does
that
make
sense.
E
C
Attorneys
have
the
resolution
or
the
administration
agreement
is
what
it's
called
that
handshake
agreement
are
they're,
reviewing
it
right
now
and
within
the
next
month
they
will
all
have
it
on
their
agendas
to
vote,
to
participate
and
join
those
other
three
municipalities.
What
will
help
here
is
and
I'm
you've
probably
seen
this.
C
This
will
help
frame
the
conversation
here.
So
this
is
these
are
the
steps
and
this
will
help
provide
the
context.
So
these
are
the
steps
for
the
CCA,
and
so
the
step
that
I'm
referring
to
here
is
step
one
and
that's
the
way
that
the
way
that
we
run
the
CCA
is
by
having
a
clear
understanding
of
the
municipalities,
role
and
responsibilities
and
the
administrators
rules
and
responsibilities,
and
and
so
what
Kathy
was
just
referring
to
in
terms
of
November.
C
C
It's
government
overreach
or
whatever
they
might
say,
then
you
can
walk
away
from
the
program
right
or
if
you
can
pass
a
local
law
and
you
don't
have
to
use
it.
But
at
the
end
of
the
day,
when
we
say
here's
the
price,
here's
the
terms,
here's
the
source,
you
either
say.
Yes,
no,
if
you
say
yes,
then
it
goes
through
the
whole
contract
period.
You're
not
you're
not
able
to
leave
you're,
not
able
to
opt
your
entire
community
out
at
that
point.
D
E
I
don't
know,
I
am
on
the
sustainability
advisory
committee
and
I'm
on
the
steering
committee.
I
can
be
a
liaison
I,
don't
know
if
that
satisfies
what
you
might
need.
You
might
want
me
to
be
a
liaison
to
someone
in
the
administration
or
something
but
I
can
help.
I
mean
I,
know
in
Troy
that
the
sustainability
task
force
and
Michelle
was
over
there
and
she's
the
liaison
on
the
sustainability
task
force
to
their
Council
on
the
CCA.
E
E
Bethlehem
Guilderland
and
you
Scotland
got
together
and
in
one
afternoon
they
interviewed
all
three
administrators
and
then
they
started
to
make
a
decision.
I
think
they
called
some
administrators
back
and
they
chose
Mecca.
So
they
went
ahead
and
chose
a
mango
right
and
they're
kind
of
leading
the
way
and
then
Saratoga
Springs
had
long
ago
signed
the
contract
with
mega.
When
there
were
you
enough,
people
wanted
to
be
part
of
the
community
choice
aggregation,
so
they
kind
of
got
their
wish.
E
So
they're
on
the
way
Miska
Yuna
will
be,
is
in
the
process
of
interviewing
and
will
be
selecting
within
a
month.
They
have
indicated
that
they
are
likely
to
choose
mega,
because
this
is
the
viable
CCA.
That's
going
forth
in
the
community,
the
more
people
you
get
in
the
aggregation,
the
lower
the
price
that
you
get.
So
you
benefits
everyone.
A
B
E
D
So
the
CCA
steering
I
thought
the
CCA
steering
committee
would
be
having
these
discussions
and
and
with
all
the
communities,
and
they
jointly
would
decide
on
an
administrator
once
you
have
basically
a
bunch
of
communities
saying:
okay
I,
we
want
to
be
doing
this.
It
makes
sense
for
those
communities
then
to
make
a
joint
decision
regarding
that.
But
that
is
not.
We.
E
C
They're
voting
in
September,
so
we
they
believe.
Yes,
we
don't
expect
that
there
is
not.
We
expect
they'll
participate,
it's
very
unlikely
that
they
would
not
it's
just
you
know
attorney
has
to
review
the
document
and
their
you
know
process
and
they
they
did
some
public
engagement
too.
In
the
meantime,
so
there's
a
very
active
group
called
Bethlehem
tomorrow
and
Bethlem.
That's
very
supportive
of
this
so
and.
C
D
D
C
We
you
are
free
to
do
whatever
you
like.
We
would
hope
that
you
would
shop
first
because
we
believe
so
mega
is
made
up
of
my
board
as
municipal
officials,
and
so
we
designed
this
process
such
that
when
you
have
your
public
hearing
for
your
local
law,
you
haven't,
you
have
constituents
who
have
already
learned
about
it
CCA,
so
we've
already
been
out
in
the
community
doing
education.
This
step.
2
is
a
60
day,
education
and
outreach
period,
and
so
we
will
be
expending
resources
to
be
out
in
your
community,
educating
your
constituents.
C
F
E
D
E
E
G
D
E
E
Or
something
so
they're
aware
of
the
conversation
I
actually
asked
if
Dave
McAllen
and
bride
Shea
would
like
to
meet
with
Nene
Cathy.
Since
we've
had
someone
for
Megan
here,
you
know
to
talk
about
it.
Yes,
they
wanted
to
meet
before
this
and
get
more
information,
so
this
was
available,
but
they
didn't
want
to
accept
on
it,
but
they
do
appreciate
you
giving
them
updates
that
this
is
moving
ahead
in
Albany
in
the
capital
region.
H
I
H
C
You
don't
actually
have
that
many,
because
it's
not
people,
it's
households
and
then
yep
and
then
of
those
households
there's
a
significant
percentage
that
are
already
with
a
third-party
supplier,
and
we
can't
break
that
contract.
So
say
someone
is
said,
said:
I
wanted
to
preserve
renewable
energy
and
they
went
out
and
they
signed
a
contract.
So
we're
not
gonna
break
that
contract.
We
honor
that
contract.
We
offer
them
the
ability
to
participate.
So
it's
actually
city
of
Albany
does
not
even
have
40,000
households
that
are
eligible
to
privacy.
So
so.
D
C
Right
and
the
reason-
and
the
reason
for
that
is
that
this
is
the
opportunity
to
localize
your
energy
source.
So
right
now,
the
default
for
the
city
is
National
Grid,
but
no
one
ever
said.
That's
just
what
that's
just
what
you
got.
No
one
said
is
that
the
best
deal
is
that
give
you
access
to
renewables?
Is
it
localized
the
the
production?
Is
that
have
the
values
one?
You
never
had
that
choice
before
2016.
Now,
municipalities
can
make
that
decision
for
themselves.
They,
you
can
get.
J
Situation
and
when
one
of
the
gentlemen
said
you
know
you
fixed
it
in
one
place,
and
you
know
if
it
goes
down
well
that
just
again,
where
you
talk
mm-hmm
to
me
representing
the
community,
that
is
not
as
affluent
as
residents
Guilderland
all
residents
in
Bethlehem
or
south
Tobi's
flames.
When
25
percent
of
city
population
lives
in
poverty,
mm-hmm.
G
J
J
J
C
You
cannot
automatically
participate
in
CCA
for
the
exact
reason
that
you're
pointing
out,
because
unless
the
administrator
and
the
supplier
can
come
to
you
know
the
state
and
say
we
will
guarantee
that
you
don't
pay
up
any
more
than
National
Grid.
Then
then
your
low-income
residents
are
not
eligible
to
participate,
so
your
fear
is
heard
and
understood
by
the
state,
and
so
there
isn't
an
answer
there.
If
there
is
so,
if
the
market
does
not
bear
a
program
that
has
guaranteed
savings,
then
they
don't
need
National
Grid,
they
stay,
they
stay
with
their
heap.
C
E
C
E
We
might
have
Troy
to
because
Troy
is
really
looking
at
this.
They
just
passed
the
resolution
that
you're
looking
at
two
weeks
ago.
The
thing
I
would
add
to
this
is
that
a
steering
committee
is
going
to
be
approaching
in
the
serta
at
the
top
level
already
and
talking
to
them,
about
taking
some
of
the
money
being
set
aside
by
the
climate
leadership
and
community
Protection
Act,
to
make
sure
that
everyone,
including
lower
middle
income,
get
renewable
energy.
E
E
Account
numbers,
you
know,
people
at
Illinois,
people
don't
have
the
time
to
start
investigating
and
understanding,
and
you
know
they
don't
feel
I
mean
it's
only
work.
This
is
easy.
This
is
as
easy
as
them
throwing
up
their
light
switch
because
this
will
automatically
given
them
as
much
renewable
energy
as
we
can
at
an
affordable
rate,
and
they
don't
have
to
do
anything.
The
defaults,
just
it's
what
they
get
through
National
Grid.
E
Instead
of
what
you
know
the
current
mix
is,
you
know,
a
third
fossil
fuels
about
a
third
nuclear
battery
hydro
and
just
like
smidgen
like
five
or
seven
percent
renewables.
So
we
want
to
up
that
renewables
as
much
as
possible,
which
is
New,
York,
State's
goal,
and
it's
our
goal
to
it's
our
community
scope.
So
we
will
be,
we
will
be
approaching,
they
start
only
letting
you
know
how
that
goes.
Is.
K
D
K
G
K
C
Give
you
I'll
give
you
another
answer
which
is
you're
correct
and
it's
part
part
of
that.
It's
a
less
nice
story,
which
is
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
predatory
practices,
so
there
have
been
a
lot
of
companies
out
there
that
are
not
National
Grid.
The
Public
Service
Commission
went
after
them
if
you
started
going
after
them
a
few
years
ago,
and
they
realized
that
these
third-party
energy
providers
were
targeting
low-income
and
senior
residents
all
across
New,
York
and
scamming
them.
Basically,
they
were
doing
the
classic.
Like
I've
got
a
really
low
rate.
C
You
don't
read
the
fine
print,
it's
good
for
three
to
six
months,
then
it
goes
up.
I
mean
I.
When
I
was
in
the
southern
tier
doing
the
education
we
focused
on
senior
centers,
because
we
had
a
belief
that
a
lot
of
those
people
had
gotten
calls
at
dinner,
said
yes
and
then
been
put
into
a
contract,
and
indeed
a
lot
of
them
were
paying
literally
five
times
more
than
the
utility
rate,
and
so
we
got
them
out
of
those
contraband
people.
These
are
seniors
on
fixed
incomes.
C
They
were
very
upset,
they
didn't
know
what
they
had
done
wrong
and
I
said
you
didn't
do
anything
wrong.
This
is
people
did
this
to
you.
They
intentionally
tricked
you,
you
know,
and
so
the
answer
is
that's
why?
Because
there
are
a
lot
of
bad
actors
out
there
and
the
state
actually
initiated
CCA
for
two
main
reasons:
one
renewable
energy
and
two
consumer
protections,
and
so
we're
out
there
negotiating
a
contract
and
educating
residents
and
having
a
community-wide
conversation.
C
So
in
the
southern
tier
now
I'll
get
calls
from
someone
saying
somebody
just
knocked
in
my
door.
I
played
along
remind
me
it's
the
number
again
that
I
can
call
and
report
them.
I
got
their
name
the
company
they
work
for
I
know
what
that
scam
is
I
want
to
report
them.
You
know,
so
that
kind
of
thing
is
happening
and
I.
Think
that's
really.
You
know.
That's
that's.
C
The
other
reason
why
you
know
national
greatest
thought
is
both
the
lowest
because
everybody
else
is
too
high,
but
that's
one
individual
going
after
you
know
one
one
individual
in
one
company,
one
contract
we're
negotiating
for
forty
thousand
at
a
minimum
and
we
will
not
accept
those
kind
of
we're.
Not
gonna
accept
termination
fees,
we're
not
going
to
accept
high
prices.
We're
not
gonna
accept
any
of
that.
You
know.
I
F
C
So
far
and
they've
both
happen
to
be
two-year
contracts,
but
that's
because
we're
operating
in
the
same
market.
They,
the
forward
market
prices
in
part
because
of
New
York's
Renewable
goals,
is,
is
it's
projecting
to
increase
right,
we're
all
having
pressure
to
meet
different
needs,
so
it
might
mean
that
a
longer
contract
would
be
more
beneficial
or
it
might
not.
So
we'll
we'll
find
out
what
those
right
now
prices
are
way.
C
No
prices
are
really
low,
but
when
you
look
one
remember,
you
know:
there's
seasonal
variability
right,
often
where
we'll
see
prices
go
up
next
month,
probably
from
those
really
high
hot
days
that
we
had
last
month
and
then
when
heating
season
comes
because
natural
gas
Akina
was
saying
is
a
third
of
our
production
of
our
electricity
production.
The
pipe
is
only
so
big.
So
when
we're
calling
using
natural
gas
for
heating-
and
we
want
to
use
it
to
make
electricity,
the
price
goes
way
up.
So
we'll
have
more
of
that
happening
too.
C
But
so
I
didn't
answer
your
question.
So,
in
terms
of
you
know
percentage
of
savings-
it's
it's
you
know,
maybe
maximum
of
five
percent
on
someone's
bill,
Mac
absolute
maximum
and
it
will
depend
as
well
on
if
you're
having
renewable
and
what
percent
renewable.
So
just
I
I
hesitate
to
say
this
because
a
lot
of
the
folks
history
of
understand
it's
a
long,
complicated
conversation
in
New
York,
but
renewable
energy
will
always
cost
more
because
of
the
way
that
it
works.
C
So
when
you
have
a
renewable
asset
like
solar
or
wind
or
hydro,
and
that
asset
makes
an
electron,
it
actually
makes
two
things.
It
makes
the
electron
and
it
makes
the
environmental
benefit
of
the
electron
and
the
reason
that
we
do
it.
That
way
is
so
that
you
don't
have
to
be
physically
connected
to
that
asset,
to
get
the
benefit
and
say
your
renewable,
so
that
asset
can
be
sold
separately
and
put
on
any
electron
that
goes
into
your
wire.
C
I
C
Use
any
electron
anywhere
in
the
system:
they
don't
have
to
be
together,
they
can
be,
but
they
don't
have
to
be
so
in
a
lot
of
places
again.
There's
these
big
zones
right
and
there
might
not
be
that
much
renewable
energy
in
your
zone,
but
you
can
still
access
a
noble
energy
because
you
take
a
piece
of
paper
from
somewhere
else
on
the
state,
and
you
put
it
together
with
your
electron
and
it's
a
lot
cheaper
than
moving
that
physical
electron.
H
D
E
Looks
like
everybody's
carbon
footprint,
yeah
you're
still
creating
the
market
because,
basically
we're
saying
we've
got.
Let's
say
we
get
80,000,
remember
residents
and
small
businesses.
We
can
say:
we've
got
a
market,
but
maybe
thousand
people
who
have
more
energy
and
that
would
drive
the
market
toward
renewables
would
be
more
renewable.
So
you
eventually
think.
F
C
Was
here
well,
I
mean
we
do
actually
have
someone
from
asset
owner
that
does
have
a
hydro
asset,
that's
sitting
in
the
room,
and
so
you
know
there
is
actually
electrons
and
that
are
renewable,
that
that
you
could
contract
with
they
may
or
may
not
be
the
cheapest
source.
We
can
we'll
definitely
find
out.
I
know
that
your
steering
committee
went
and
toured
some
of
these
plants,
and
some
municipal
officials
I,
don't
remember
from
where
we're
with
you
touring.
G
G
C
So
you're
still,
if
you
have
rooftop
solar
or
if
you
have
community
solar
or
community
renewables,
you're
still
able
to
participate
in
this
program,
because
both
of
those
are
credits
on
your
bill.
They're
not
actually
supply,
if
you're
not
using
any
electrons,
just
like
you're,
not
paying
National
Grid
right
now.
If
you
make
100
percent
of
your
power,
you're
not
going
to
be
paying
anything
to
the
CCA.
If
you
have
especially
cloudy
snow
a
year-
and
you
don't
make
100
percent
you're
gonna
get
the
rate
that
the
CCA
has.
L
C
E
So
Louise
said
that
you
know
about
5%.
Is
the
discount
we'd
be
looking
at
with
the
aggregation
of
the
buyers?
Club,
NYSERDA,
Brad
Tito
of
NYSERDA
who's,
like
the
head
of
the
list
for
the
state
of
this
program,
has
suggested
to
us
that
when
we
would
send
a
letter
to
all
the
residents
which
is
part
of
what
mega
does
they
sent
a
welcome
letter
that
when
they
say
you
know,
welcome
to
the
Community
Choice
aggregation?
E
So
the
two
can
make
together
so
now,
you're
looking
at
more
like
a
50%
discount
and
basically
you
create
a
market
entry
code
and
help
me
to
because
right
now
you
have
to
sign
in
one
at
a
time
for
a
community
solar
and
it's
very
hard
we're
hoping
that
one
day
you
can
just
up
them
in
and
you
know
we're
do
something
a
little
bit
more
easy,
but
right
now
and
they
still
have
to
be
contacted
and
signed
up
for
that.
But
it
does
mean
the
potential.
C
So
we're
also
actively
in
advance
of
the
CCA
RFP,
so
in
advance
of
going
out
and
looking
at
suppliers
we'll
be
running
an
RFP
for
suppliers
of
community
solar
in
this
region
for
the
providers
there,
because
what
we're
hearing
from
municipal
officials
that
are
engaged
with
us
on
CCA
right
now
is
they
want
to
do
this?
They
want
to
do
something
like
community
solar,
but
they
have
all
of
these
different
companies
coming
to
them
and
putting
information
in
front
of
them.
C
They
don't
have
the
time
or
the
understanding
to
decide
which
one
to
go
with,
and
so
we're
also
right
now
in
the
process
of
putting
that
proposal
together,
so
that
we
can
create
a
matrix
where,
for
example,
if
you're
worried
about
economic
development,
not
all
of
these
companies
have
a
footprint
in
your
region.
They're
selling
you
power
because
they
can
sell
it
from
anywhere.
Really
it
just
has
to
be
a
National
Grid
territory.
It
could
be
out
by
Niagara,
Falls
and
so
we're
trying
to
assess
and
provide
folks
like
yourselves
information.
C
This
is
the
difference
between
all
of
these
companies,
and
so,
if
it's
economic
development
you
want,
if
it's
you
know,
job
training,
these
are
the
company.
This
is
the
company
we
suggest
you
know
what
have
you
because
we're
hearing
from
municipal
officials?
They
don't
know
what
what
decisions
to
make
they
want.
Somebody
to
do
that
analysis,
so
we're
doing
that
as
well.
C
M
J
J
G
J
A
J
L
L
C
D
C
Was
you
start
about
the
very
last
slide
yeah?
So
if
you,
you
can
only
have
one
net
meter,
you
can
only
have
net
meter
and
hit
your
account
once
so.
If
you
have
rooftop
solar,
for
example-
and
you
don't
get
a
hunt,
you
don't
make
a
hundred
percent
of
your
own
usage.
You
can't
then
go
and
subscribe
to
a
community
solar
community
hydro
project.
You're
allowed
the
law.
Pse
66j
allows
one
net
metering
per
account.
C
L
C
E
C
Would
be
the
intention
that
they
couldn't
what
yeah
and
what
we
would
call
it
is
you
know
it
would
be
like
called
opting
up.
You
know,
so
you
could
you
could
choose
or
or
opting
in
I
I'm
personally
a
little
leery
of
of
running
this.
At
the
same
time,
I
think
you
shouldn't
run
and
opt
out
and
an
opt-in
program
at
the
same
time,
I
think
that's
a
great
way
to
confuse
constituents
who
have
no
time
to
deal
with
this
yeah.
G
C
I,
don't
want
them
to
get
confused
and
think
that,
oh,
this
isn't
gonna
impact
me
unless
I
opt
in.
So
we
really
need
to
think
about
the
timing
of
this
I'm
uncomfortable
with
Brad's
model.
Personally,
I,
don't
think
he's
thinking.
He
just
is
wanting
renewables
right
and
I,
get
that,
but
I
think
those
I
can
tell
you
from
doing
this
before
that.
You
know
people
don't
want
to
read
a
letter
that
they
get
in
the
mail.
It
doesn't
matter.
C
If
it
has
the
city
of
Albany's
logo
on
it,
they
don't
want
to
read
it,
so
they
might
not,
and
the
last
thing
we
want
to
do
is
confuse
them.
So
we
would
think
very
critically
about
that.
The
first
thing
is
to
find
out
if
there's
community
solar
community
renewable
people
that
can
serve
your
region
that
are
interesting
to
all
of
you.
You
know
so.
C
A
I
H
Doesn't
we're
just
saying
that
we're
interested
in
in
looking
and
getting
more
information
on
it
and
I
think
that
that
is
an
excellent
idea.
I
think
that
we've
heard
enough
to
kind
of
put
forth
a
charge
to
say
yes,
we're
interested
in
this
we'd
like
to
hear
more
and
that's
later
on.
Women
would
make
the
real
decision.
Okay,.
L
G
N
C
Yeah
and
people
can't
people
are
allowed
and
we
have
encouraged
people
who
call
and
are
upset
to
put
what's
called
a
block
on
their
account.
So
so
some
people
are
very
like
you're,
saying
they've
I
had
a
bad
experience
before
I
never
want
to
leave
National
Grid
ever
and
so
we
say
them
call
National
Grid
tell
them
put
a
block
on
your
account.
That
means
you
can't
be
put
to
a
third-party
supplier.
C
You're
not
going
to
get
a
feel
you're
absolutely
correct
to
at
step,
I
mean
we,
we
did
have
municipality,
it's
go
and
say
you
know
what
we
just
want
to
see.
The
price
and
they're
like
I,
don't
look
on
the
fence.
Anyway,
they
saw
the
price
they're
like
man
we're
not
that
interested
and
they
walked
away.
Then
that's
fine.
You
know
so
that
we're
doing
so
so.
G
C
Like
you
know
what
will
still
stay
and
hear
the
price,
but
we
have
no
idea
if
our
constituents
like
this
or
not,
because
we
weren't
board
members
before
yeah
before
last
month,
so
but
but
and
that's
fine
I
mean
people
do
that,
but
to
Kathy's
point
so
we
will
be
moving
forward
with
whatever
groups
have
signed
the
handshake
agreement
by
November
1st,
we
will
be.
We
will
have
40,000
by
that
time
and
by
November
1st
that
are
committed
to
explore
CCA
up
to
step
5
or
whenever
they
drop
out
of
the
process.
C
D
D
A
D
Think
passing
this
resolution
and
and
furthering
the
dialogue
with
the
mayor's
office
about
okay,
so
we
really
do
intend
for
you
to
go
ahead
and
look
at
this
and
come
and
talk
to
us.
Okay
about
that
I.
Don't
know
that
we
we
don't
really
need
to
say
to
the
mayor
now
go
go!
Do
this
first
step
in
a
resolution.
I
J
C
The
only
point
in
time,
just
so
I'm
clear
the
only
time
where
I
can
guarantee
that
you
would
have
a
guarantee
is
at
Step
five
because
I
don't
know,
I,
don't
know
what
proposals
we're
gonna
get
I,
don't
know
that
in
advance.
This
is
a
competitive
process.
You
know
we
are
building
a
market.
Cca
is
fairly
new.
C
There
are
really
cute
large,
active
CCA's
and
a
couple
of
their
small
ones
in
the
state
and
they're
they're
very
new,
and
so
that
is
the
moment
that
answer,
and
so,
if
you
were,
if
you
were,
you
know
if
that
was
a
whatever
you
want
to
call
it.
If
that
was
a
ultimatum
that
you
know
was
either
in
and
you're
participating
or
out
and
you're.
Not,
then
you
know
that
would
be
good
to
know,
and
we
can
include
that
in
our
bed,
like
you're
gonna
lose
50%
of
the
aggregation.
C
A
D
A
D
D
A
K
I
have
two
things
to
talk
about
that
I
think
in
allay
some
of
the
concerns
that
you've
shared
first
of
all,
there's
a
very
important
result
of
the
climate
leadership
and
community
protection
act,
and
that
is
the
35%
of
the
state
resources.
That's
mostly
the
billion
dollars
that
NYSERDA
spends
every
year.
35%
has
to
be
dedicated
to
LMI
35%
north
of
300
million
dollars
a
year
will
have
to
be
shifted
from
the
priorities
that
have
been
in
place
before
to
help
bring
clean
energy
to
the
economically
challenged
people
in
our
state.
K
So
there's
an
enormous
driver
for
what
I've
already
been
working
at
higher
levels
in
our
state
agencies
and
our
executive
function
for
driving
several
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
into
demonstrating
the
way
Community.
Choice
aggregation
can
bring
100%
clean
energy
to
economically
challenged
or
LMI
populations.
I
think
that
can
allay
a
lot
of
concerns
that
I've
heard
here
today
that
I
share
very
very
deeply.
K
This
is
a
sea
change
in
the
way
that
public
resources
will
be
allocated,
but
there's
another
factor
of
which
we're
all
aware,
and
that's
the
factor
that
communities,
mayors
and
councils
are
working
together
to
declare
commitment
to
clean
energy
because
of
the
state.
Our
planet
is
in
and
worsening
every
day.
So
these
things
working
together,
the
council
and
the
mayor
and
staff
work
together
with
the
steering
committee
which
they're
four
members
here
today.
K
Five
I'm
still
getting
used
to
Michelle
and
she
has
some
interesting
things
to
tell
you
as
well
from
our
own
experience,
but
the
one
hundred
percent
renewable
energy
CCA
can
be
the
beneficiary
of
a
great
deal
of
this
shift
of
resources
which
is
mandated
by
the
Act
and
on
the
timetable
we're
talking
about
it
can
happen
sooner.
Then
the
impact
will
be
felt
across
the
state,
so
Albany,
Schenectady,
Troy,
the
rest
of
the
communities
in
this
four
or
eight
County
region
can
be
the
proof
prince
project
for
the
holes.
I
I'm
Dave
holder,
eighty-one
South
wake
here
in
the
city
of
Albany
I've,
been
active
with
solarized
Albany
since
2014
I'm
wearing
the
t-shirt
pure
student,
solar
I,
know
a
guy
we've
facilitated,
maybe
the
installation
of
100
rooftop
installations
since
2015
we're
working
with
community
solar.
Now
we've
facilitated
about
a
100
community
solar
contracts
in
the
past
year,
so
we've
got
about
200
households
going
solar
things
to
Solarize
Albany.
This
is
two
orders
of
magnitude
beyond
where
I've
spent
my
volunteer
time
for
the
past
five
years.
I
Doing
this
is
going
to
help
New
York
State,
provide
in
this
region
rather
provide
renewable
energy
and
a
lower
cost
to
every
resident.
The
LMI
market
is
very
important.
One
of
the
issues
we've
had
with
Solarize
Albany
it's
hard
to
get
all
of
my
households
to
even
participate
in
community
solar
at
a
10
percent
cost
reduction
over
national
grids
rates.
So
this
is
a
very
important
step
forward
to
decarbonizing
our
original
economy
and
I
urge
you
to
support
this
measure.
I
A
couple
things
I
want
to
point
out:
I
encourage
you
to
go
to
the
Westchester
power.
Sustainable
Westchester
Westchester
power
website
will
lay
out
there
two
or
three
options
that
residents
can
choose.
My
mother
lives
in
Walnut
Creek
California
they've
had
a
CCA
there
for
several
years,
go
to
the
Contra
Costa
CCA
website
look
at
how
they
administer
their
programs,
so
there
are
models
and
examples
out
there
that
you
can
look
at
that.
M
Was
mentioned
before
I'm
Alissa
sustainability
taskforce
for
the
city
of
Troy,
but
also
I
learned
full
time
in
Albany
I
work
for
the
affordable
housing,
partnership
right
and
Sheridan
Harlow,
Arbor,
Hill
and
I
deal
with
the
LMI
community
on
a
daily
basis.
I
see
the
struggle
every
day
it
is
to
reach
out
to
them
and
to
help
them
lower
their
energy
cost,
their
living
costs
and
improve
their
housing
conditions.
This
is
something
that
could
actually
really
help
them
and
on
behalf
of
the
affordable
housing
partnership.
M
We
are
supporting
this
and
there
are
a
couple
of
reasons
why?
Because
yeah
National
Grid
first
I
want
to
make
a
point
that
and
I
I
don't
want
to
move.
But
I
want
to
make
a
point
that
right
now,
municipalities,
don't
really
protect
their
low-income
residents,
because
heap
is
assistance,
that's
opted
in
and
it
takes
a
lot
of
effort
for
low-income
residents
to
do
that
and
go
through
that.
M
This
is
something
that
could
actually
provide
the
option
to
municipalities
to
work
and
protect
on
the
behalf
of
my
residents,
so
it
can
actually
provide
more
help
here.
The
CCA
locks
in
a
price
break
for
the
contract
term,
whereas
National
Grid
doesn't
offer
that
to
LMI
residents.
A
National
Grid
does
offer
budgeted
billing,
but
that
would
actually
still
be
offered
to
Ella
my
residents.
M
So
not
only
would
they
be
able
to
do
budgeted
billing,
but
they
could
also
know
their
electricity
price
per
watt
and
really
beyond
and
really
be
able
to
knows
and
have
stability
with
their
costs.
I
work
on
a
grant
right
now
that
we
got
where
we
are
funding
like
a
lot
of
the
costs
to
install
and
purchase
rooftop
solar
for
Ella,
my
home
and
we're
bringing
in
a
separate
grant
to
do
roofing
work,
which
is
like
unheard
of
because
roofing
work
is
not
included
in
grants.
M
But
again
it's
really
hard
for
NYSERDA
to
do
that.
Outreach
and
I
see
why
this
is
a
really
big
way,
sweeping
way
that
could
really
help
them
keep
participants
wouldn't
automatically
automatically
be
included,
but
other
LMI
residents
who
you've
not
been
able
to
reach
out
to
would-
and
this
would
also
give
you
the
opportunity
to
include
in
that
letter-
are
you
income
eligible
here?
Are
other
things
off
that
are
offered
in
your
community
to
help
you.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
F
F
F
P
P
P
Q
Together,
Diana
I
wouldn't
be
here
tonight.
She
was
here,
Emily
she's,
a
member
of
cause
energy,
and
she,
her
comment
is,
as
you
are
all
aware,
of
the
planet
which
rapidly
reaching
the
point
of
no
return.
We
are
also
aware
that
we
have
solutions
available
to
us
to
mitigate
the
situation.
One
of
those
solutions
is
to
switch
large
populations
of
people
to
renewable
energy
to
eat
their
homes
like
their
legs
and
eat
their
water.
Q
Several
municipalities,
just
south
of
us,
are
doing
that
just
that
they
have
created
community
reservation
varieties
as
per
default
energy
provider
for
their
entire
constituency.
There
are
two
substantial
benefits
to
doing
this,
one
that
we
reduce
the
use
of
fossil
fuels
and
replaced
of
the
clean,
sustainable
energy
which
will
reduce
co2
emissions,
as
this
is
a
purchase
it.
Q
Q
O
A
O
So
they
have
potential
to
provide
enough
unequal
study.
I
would
start
this
conversation
with
number
one.
The
administrator
and
impertinent
who
wants
to
supply
should
not
be,
and
we
think
is
that
that's
the
type
of
interest,
so
the
first
condition
would
be
said
by
a
potential
supplier
is
how
can
I
have
reached
the
goal
of
sustainable
energy?
Okay,
so
you
want
us
to
make
a
two-year
contract
a
career
contract
or.
A
O
On
that
money
based
on
that
privilege
of
having
that
out
there,
so
we
are
going
to
require
whitlow
loans
that
you
built.
So
many
solar,
though
this
hydropower,
whatever
something
ultimate
to
track,
let's
say
so
you're
making
an
investment
in
the
community,
and
maybe
even
you
could
say,
okay,
if
you
make
2/3
of
your
investment
me
a
customer.
O
Like
then,
you're
being
used
now
company's
being
used
over
here
to
educate
us,
okay
you're
here
to
asking
us-
and
you
may
or
may
not
be
getting
paid
for
that,
so
that
can
be
found
intervention
for
you
and
then
we
can
hire
someone
who's
already
on
the
but
hang
on
paper
all
those
options.
Why
don't
we
do
that.