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Discussion on streamlining NYPA partnerships for solar installations on city property
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Commissioner Anita Laremont confirms Steve Levin was referring to the New York Power Authority (NYPA), not NYCHA, regarding streamlined processes.
She inquires about the types of solar installations envisioned on city property; Levin describes various options like rooftop systems, canopies, carports, and ground-mounted arrays on industrial lots.
He advocates for a streamlined process for the city to lease space to NYPA specifically for renewable energy projects, potentially bypassing ULURP, to boost community solar which benefits renters.
- Clarification that the proposal involves NYPA, not NYCHA.
- Solar installations can take various forms: rooftop, canopy, carport, ground-mounted.
- Levin proposes streamlining city-NYPA partnerships for renewable energy siting, potentially avoiding ULURP.
- Community solar allows renters to benefit from solar energy via bill discounts.
Anita Laremont
0:41:01
I just had two questions.
0:41:04
You talked about wanting us to look at streamlining the feasibility of NYCHA.
0:41:11
That's always a challenge with the charter because NYCHA has its own statutory process, but you you are contemplating that there is a path for us to do that in the charter, and if you are, what that would be?
Steve Levin
0:41:23
I think I was referring to NYPA.
Anita Laremont
0:41:25
Oh, NYPA.
0:41:26
Oh, okay.
0:41:27
Got it.
Richard Fox
0:41:27
Got
Anita Laremont
0:41:27
it.
0:41:28
That's that's easier.
0:41:34
Property.
0:41:35
And we can even envision it with with NYPA campuses.
0:41:40
How how do these structures relate in those context?
0:41:44
Are they rooftop structures?
0:41:45
Are they on the ground?
0:41:47
How do they how do they relate?
Steve Levin
0:41:48
It could be there's different modalities.
0:41:51
So often it's a rooftop or a canopy system that's on a rooftop.
0:41:54
So there's different kind of modalities with within building mounted.
0:41:58
But then there's also opportunities to have it as carports, you know, so so over a parking lot or in industrial spaces.
0:42:07
So it could be a a large industrial lot that can serve as a solar array or contain battery storage.
0:42:16
And so I think that the one recommendation that we would put out there is is to be able to streamline the process so that New York City can engage with NYPA to be able to cite re specifically renewable power and renewable energy resources in communities and not have it have to go through an extensive EULERT process, but be able to lease out the space, specifically with, you know, and to be clear, with with renewable energy.
0:42:49
So not that there would be some kind of risk of having peaker plants or polluters in the neighborhood, but ensuring that there are renewable energy resources throughout throughout the city, and that's the the format that community solar really works.
0:43:04
And community solar is where renters are able to participate.
0:43:08
So they don't own their rooftops, but they're also but they're able to participate in in solar, get a 10% discount on their energy bills, and also be able to participate in in renewable energy.