The NYS Budget has been finalized. While it included $400 million in the Environmental Bond Act for green public buildings, $250 million for electrification and weatherization of low-income housing, and the passage of the long-awaited geothermal tax credit, many of the other bills we have been fighting for including the All-Electric Building Act, the Advanced Building, Appliance, and Equipment Standards Act, and the Gas Transition and Affordable Energy Act were left out. See Renewable Heat Now’s press release here.

We’re not giving up - we’re gearing up for a big push to pass these critical climate bills on Earth Day! Join us tonight at the Renewable Heat Now Power Hour below to get all the updates and to strategize with us on next steps. Also please use this social media toolkit to tweet at your representatives between now and Earth Day (4/22) to help us build the pressure we need to defeat the fossil fuel industry!

Renewable Heat Now Power Hour
Wednesday, April 13th, 7pm-8pm
RSVP here for the Zoom link | Facebook Event

Join Renewable Heat Now tonight for our post-budget virtual power hour! We’ll discuss what made it into the final version of the budget, celebrate the incredible work our lobby teams have done, and talk about what’s next to get the entire Renewable Heat Now legislative package passed this session. All are welcome to attend! Even if you’re new to the movement for renewable heat, we’ll get you plugged in! If you haven’t joined a regional lobby team yet, you can sign up to join one at bit.ly/RHNteams.

2022 NY-GEO “Electrify! With Heat Pumps” Conference
Wednesday, April 27th at 7:30am - April 28th at 3:00pm
The Albany Marriott Hotel, 189 Wolf Rd., Albany, NY 12205
RSVP and Book Hotel Here | Facebook Event

This is NY’s premier Renewable Heating & Cooling conference, so don’t miss it! Whether you’re interested in heat pumps for your home, your business, or as a career, this is the place for you! NY-GEO is a not-for-profit trade association representing the geothermal heat pump industry in New York. At this conference you’ll meet manufacturers, distributors, installers, trainers, renewable energy consultants and policymakers.

There will be workshops on Heat Pumps 101, the Future of NYSERDA’s Clean Heating & Cooling programs, Building Electrification, Geothermal District Heating Systems, Heat Pumps for Low- and Middle-Income Households and many other topics (see the full conference schedule here). Sponsors and exhibitors are welcome!

Registration is open now at https://ny-geo.regfox.com/2020, and scholarships are available. Be sure to book your hotel room at the Albany Marriott using this link before 4/14 to get a discounted hotel rate!