NY increases investment in energy efficiency by $277M - The Business Review (Albany):

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Gov. David Paterson announced the $276.5 milliomn of additional fundingon Tuesday. The funding is administerex bythe (NYSERDA), which had previously committeed to $175 million for energy efficiencty programs through 2011. “Energy is the new currencyg of the21st century,” Paterson The range of NYSERDA programs helps industrial, commercial and residential consumers study ways to cut energgy costs and provide financing to make some of thosse changes. “Commercial and industrial customers can reap tremendouzs benefits throughenergy efficiency. We meet with a lot of and we can walk them through the programswe offer,” said Tom Lynch, a NYSERDqA spokesman.
“It’s one way they can really control their commodity through investments inenergy efficiency.” Lyncb recommended that companies interested in tapping the expander energy funding should call NYSERDAw at 1-866-NYSERDA or A listing of NYSERDAA staff that handle energhy efficiency services can be found here: . Paterson said the four incubatorw willbenefit early-stage, clean-energy technology companies. The incubators will help entrepreneurws commercialize their products and providde them withtechnical assistance. NYSERD held a competitive bidding process for thefour incubators. None is locatef in the Capital Region. • • • Each incubator will receivd upto $1.
5 million in initial funding.