PUBLIC HEARING: National Grid Proposal to Increase Electricity Delivery Charges by 17.5% -- Attend the Hearing and/or Submit Your Comments Online!

The NY State Public Service Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on a proposed rate hike by National Grid on August 1st in the Gallery Conference Room at the Central Library in Buffalo [Map].

Two Sessions of Public Hearings: 

• Afternoon Session: 2:00 pm Information and 3:00 pm Public Comments 

• Evening Session: 6:00 pm Information and 7:00 pm Public Comments

National Grid proposes to increase electricity delivery charges by 17.5%, which would add $8.93 to an average customer’s total bill.

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

• View the comments of others: click here

• Submit your comments: click here

Business Gets Green: February 18th

Thursday, February 18, 2010 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Branch Library

1324 Jefferson Ave, Corner of Jefferson and East Utica [ Map ]
This is a wonderful facility - intimate but spacious.
Lots of Free Parking - 20 spaces in the library lot - and ample on-street parking.

Agenda for the 15 minute featured presentations:

• Don Lewinski - National Grid's Small Business Energy Efficiency Program
• Zoë Holloman - Growing Green Works
• David Griggs - Buffalo Niagara Enterprise
• Bryce Bixby and Mike Conroe - Foit-Albert Associates - Rain Garden at Fletcher Hall
  

Descriptions of the businesses in the featured presentations, click here.

The Format for Business Gets Green includes 1/2 hour of 30 second Introductions by businesses, organizations and individuals.

The Introductions are followed by 4 - 15 minute feature presentations on businesses or issues that are of special interest, usually with Powerpoint slides.

If you would like to give one of the 15 minute presentations, please contact Bill Nowak with a 2-3 paragraph description of your presentation and dates (3rd Thursdays, even-numbered months) you can be available to present.

As usual, this session will be filmed for LCTV and YouTube. Thanks Jon Allen!
Videos of all of the past Business Gets Green sessions are HERE.

Save the Date: Senator Thompson wants you to know that we are holding the 2010 Green Expo on Saturday, April 17th, 10am-6pm. Please save this date! For more information, click here.