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We hope you had a wondrous and safe look at the eclipse today.

The path of totality for New York State's overdue budget remains unknown. But one thing shines as bright as ever: the need for constituents to keep making as many calls as possible to their reps in support of passing the full NY HEAT Act in the budget!

Can you help us make one more push for cleaner heat and lower bills now?

Speaking of budgets... did you know that New York has five BILLION dollars to spend on building energy efficiency and electrification over the next five years? Or that we can give feedback on how this giant pot of money should be spent?

Join us for a Teach-In on Wednesday, April 10th, at noon to learn all about the New Efficiency: New York (NENY) proceeding.

Our panel of experts and implementers will describe the New Efficiency: New York proceeding and bring to life some of the shortcomings of the existing programs. We’ll then invite individuals and organizations to join us in giving crucial feedback on the program by the April 15 deadline.

Speakers include:

• Eric Walker, Energy Justice Senior Policy Manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice
• Chris Coll, Project Director, Low-to-Moderate Income and Disadvantaged Communities at the New York Department of Public Service
• Judith Karpova, Green Pathway Consultants
• Lynda Nguyen, Program Manager at Kinetic Communities Consulting (KC3)

And that’s not the only all star climate call you can join this week! On Thursday, April 11th, join us at a free webinar to learn how you can stop utilities from using your money against you.

We’ll share how we can stop utilities from using our money against us. New York has joined several states that have legislation that would put an end to these corrupt utility practices. Assembly member Solages and Senator Brouk have filed bills that would hold utilities accountable for how they spend their customers' money and rein in corrupt utility practices.

It’s time for New Yorkers to shine a light on utility corruption. Learn how you can flip the switch on monopoly utilities and join the movement to stop utility corruption, with panelists:

• Jessica Azulay, Executive Director, Alliance for a Green Economy 🌱
• Meagan Burton, Senior Attorney, Earthjustice
• Anshul Gupta, Policy & Research Director, New Yorkers for Clean Power
• Erin Hellkamp, National Solar Activist Network & Policy Coordinator, Solar United Neighbors
• Danny Katz, Executive Director, Colorado PIRG
• Itai Vardi, Research & Communications Manager, Energy and Policy Institute

No special glasses needed!