Climate Smart Task Force Works to Reduce Village Greenhouse Emissions
(Posted 3/14/24)
The State of New York recommends communities reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% before this decade’s end and by 85% in 2050. The Village of Tuxedo Park has joined over 400 communities across the state in a commitment to these goals. To determine GHG emission sources and create a baseline against which to measure reductions, the Village completed in 2020 inventories of Community and Village government GHG emissions for the year 2018. Over ninety percent of community and Village government operations emissions come from three sources, heating buildings, electricity use and vehicle exhaust. Clearly a 40% reduction in GHG emission by Village Government operations must be dominated by reductions from these three sources. The following report details the sources of our GHG emissions and their quantity.
Village of Tuxedo Park Community Power Clean Energy Program: Renewable Energy at Cometative Rates - Monday, November 27 @ 7:30pm (Posted 11/20/23)
Monday, November 27th Info Session: Get Answers to Your Questions
The Village of Tuxedo is exploring a bid to participate in an innovative renewable energy program, which would be called the Tuxedo Community Power program.
If the Village moves ahead with this program, the Tuxedo Park Community Power program will provide access to renewable electricity supply at competitive rates, with no contracts for consumers. The program can have a measurable positive environmental impact, giving each of us a way to reduce our carbon footprint and providing strong consumer protection. Join us on November 27th, at 7:30 pm in person before the Village Board meeting - or online or by phone to learn more: Join in person in Tuxedo Park Village Hall: 80 Lorillard Road, Tuxedo Park, NY 10987 Join Zoom Meeting:https://bit.ly/tp1127 Or call: 1 929 205 6099 / Meeting ID: 860 2596 1217 One tap mobile: +19292056099,,86025961217#
Tuxedo park Community Clean Energy Program Presentation November 13 (Posted 11/6/23)
Renewable Energy at Competitive Rates Monday, November 13th Info Session: Get Answers to Your Questions The Village of Tuxedo Park is exploring a bid to participate in an innovative renewable energy program, which would be called the Tuxedo Park Community Power program.
If the Village moves ahead with this program, the Tuxedo Park Community Power program will provide access to renewable electricity supply at competitive rates, with no contracts for consumers. The program can have a measurable positive environmental impact, giving each of us a way to reduce our carbon footprint and providing strong consumer protection. Join us on November 13th, at 7:30 pm to learn more: Join in person in Tuxedo Park Village Hall
80 Lorillard Road, Tuxedo Park, New York 10987 Join Zoom Meetinghttps://bit.ly/tp1137 Or call: +1 929 205 6099 / Meeting ID: 895 1705 4275
Links to all online meetings are posted at www.joulecommunitypower.com/events.
For more information about the program, you can also check www.joulecommunitypower.com/tuxedoparkvillage
email us at solutions@joulecommunitypower.com or call us at: (888) 985-2211.
This winter the Town of Tuxedo and the Village of Tuxedo Park are in the initial phases of Community Choice Aggregation. What exactly does this mean and how will it affect residents?
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) allows local governments to choose the source of electricity for their residents and small businesses while providing an opt-out option. CCA is a municipal energy procurement model
that replaces the utility as the default supplier of electricity. However, the local utility continues to deliver electricity from its customers' chosen supply source. By pooling demand, communities build the clout
necessary to negotiate competitive rates with private suppliers and are able to choose cleaner energy.
It’s all part of an effort to help both the Town and the Village to become Certified as part of the State of New York’s Climate Smart Communities (CSC) program. CSC is a New York State program that helps local governments take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. The program offers grants, rebates for electric vehicles, and free technical assistance. Both municipalities are currently “registered
communities,” which means they have made a commitment to act by formally passing the CSC pledge in the form of a formal resolution. Both municipalities formed Climate Smart Task Forces in 2019 with the aim of
becoming Climate Smart Certified, a designation which requires completion of actions that garner 120 points.
A CCA program is one of these actions that will help to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions while also earning points towards Climate Smart certification. Municipalities complete this action by adopting legislation that authorizes participation in an opt-out CCA program, and
then entering into an agreement with an energy services company (ESCO).
It is important to note that residents who wish to obtain their electricity from another source will have the ability to opt-out of the program at any time without penalty.
A number of informational meetings have been set up over the course of the next several weeks to help educate residents about this important initiative. They are as follows:
February 9, 7 pm at Tuxedo Park Library (This presentation will take place both in person and via the Library’s Zoom. Those wishing to attend must register with the library. Registration can be completed from the calendar on the library’s website or by clicking here )
Wednesday, February 15 at 7pm at the Village Hall in Tuxedo Park
Thursday February 16 at 7pm (via the Town of Tuxedo’s Zoom - click here to join the meeting.Meeting ID: 975 5870 7342 Passcode: 778818)
March 4 at 3 pm at Tuxedo Park Library (This presentation will take place both in person and via the Library’s Zoom. Those wishing to attend must register with the library. Registration can be completed from the calendar on the library’s website or by clicking here)
Community Choice Aggregation Program (From the Village of Tuxedo Park - Posted 2/3/23)
I want to bring you up to date on the work your Board of Trustees (BOT) is doing to reduce our Village’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
This work began in June of 2020 when your BOT passed a resolution to seek certification as a Climate Smart Community (CSC) and pledged to reduce our GHG emissions substantially by the year 2030. In so doing it has joined 471 communities across our state committed to a similar goal. To achieve this goal, we created a Task force chaired by Professor James Hays, consisting of: Jane Garofano, Peter Gmelch, Diana Larson, Schuyler Neuhauser, Marley Vaught, Building Inspector John Ledwith, Village Trustee Josh Scherer and Deputy Town Supervisor Michele Lindsay.
Working with the Town’s CSC Task Force, chaired by Michele Lindsay, we are investigating a way to place our entire community on electricity produced by renewable sources of energy. This program, called Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), allows several communities to bargain with renewable energy suppliers for cost effective multi-year electricity contracts. If adopted, any resident wanting to receive their electricity another way can opt-out of the program at any time. The electricity would continue to be delivered and billed by Orange and Rockland Utilities.
Please download the Public Meetings Schedule (w/ZOOM info) to explain this program, the full text of the above communication, and the Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions For the Year 2018 from the website by clicking here.
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