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Energy Seminar on Nov 9 at NYPA’s Hawkins Point Visitors Center Offers Energy Solutions for Small Businesses, Institutions & Municipalities Contact: October 24, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MASSENA—Does deregulation affect your energy bill? How to choose a new energy supplier, known as ESCOs, from the long list of competing companies? Can forming a group for bulk purchases of electricity and gas save money? How can you take advantage of the new state and federal tax credits? What’s the newest in lighting, heating and cooling technologies? These and other questions will be answered at the Energy Solutions Seminar to be held Thursday, November 9, at the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Hawkins Point Visitors’ Center here. The seminar will run from 8:45 am to 3 pm is free—with lunch included. Pre-registration is required by calling 315-379-9466. The Energy Solutions Seminar was initiated by the St Lawrence County (SLC) Chamber of Commerce Energy Task Force. Its focus is to answer the questions many businesspeople and municipal officials have about energy issues, especially deregulation, choosing an ESCO and how to take advantage of the new tax credits. The Energy Solutions Seminar is being organized by Community Energy Services (CES) with sponsorship of NYSERDA/North Country Energy $mart Communities, the SLC Chamber of Commerce and NYPA. Speakers will include Rick Turner, regional director, Northern New York, NYPA; Alice Miller and Lea Ann Rosenthal of the New York State Department of Public Service; Keith Pitman of Empire State Wind Energy; Charles Goulding of Energy Tax Savers; Kenneth Latal of ICF International, and Scott Shipley and Ann Heidenreich of Community Energy Services. About NYPA: ■ NYPA uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy-efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility, with 18 generating facilities in various parts of the state and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. |
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