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Green Jobs – What’s All the Hoopla?

Green Jobs – What’s All the Hoopla?. Don LaVada Director of Consumer Services and Events Management NYSERDA. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Established in 1975 by State Legislature

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Green Jobs – What’s All the Hoopla?

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  1. Green Jobs – What’s All the Hoopla? Don LaVada Director of Consumer Services and Events Management NYSERDA

  2. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Established in 1975 by State Legislature Mission: To use innovation and technology to help the State solve some of its most challenging energy and environmental problems in ways that promote economic development Forge public/private partnerships:across all sectors & stakeholders Provide financial and technical assistance through a wide range of competitive solicitations

  3. New York State Initiatives • Governor Paterson's 45 by 15 • System Benefits Charge (SBC) • Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) • Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) • Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

  4. “IT AIN’T EASY BEING GREEN”- K. Frog - The Original “Green” Job

  5. How Did We Get Here? • Traditional Economic Backbone in NY = Manufacturing and Agriculture • 3% per year Mfg. Job Loss • Difficulty Luring New Business • 4 Horsemen of Economic Apocalypse • High Taxes • High Energy Costs • High Worker’s Comp Costs • High Health Care Costs

  6. How Do We Get Out of this Mess? • Building Infrastructure • Sharing Risk • Public/Private Partnership • University System as Fertile Ground • Job Creation and Retention • Tilling Soil of K-12 Education "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein

  7. Workforce Development • Training and Certification • Matching Workforce With Employers • Fostering Growth Through Incubation • Remove Parochial Interests

  8. Building Infrastructure for Renewable Power • Public/Private Partnership is Integral Component • Net Metering forEnd Use Renewables • Infrastructure to Support Technology Development • Training and Certification Promotes Job Growth • Financial Incentives $ Until Market is Stronger • Developers Need to Experience Ripe Market in Early Stages • Inform Public on Green Power Benefits • Tax Incentives

  9. As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously whether we really wish some future universal historian on another planet to say about us:  "With all their genius and with all their skill, they ran out of foresight and air and food and water and ideas," or, "They went on playing politics until their world collapsed around them."  - U Thant, 1970 Secretary-General United Nations 1962-1972

  10. Don LaVada NYSERDA 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203 518-862-1090 ext. 3428 dgl@nyserda.org www.nyserda.org

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