One thing I think about a lot with electrification is cost. If people/govs get overcharged then it will hold it up, maybe even stop it. I know many of the buildings listed here are pretty big, but $1.9M for just 10 buildings is a LOT. www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/2...
Initiatives of Ithaca's Sustainability and Climate Justice Comittee, Ithaca Green New Deal prompts $1.9 million for building decarbonization upgrades.
Thanks for the link. It's very interesting that Electrical Reliability is a key point. When I lived there I had gas heat, but if electric went out then it would have stopped working, so I can be pretty sure there were no long outages during winter. I wonder if that's changed.
Ah that makes sense. I hadn't heard they'd been changed. The city's GND website doesn't seem to indicate it's being rewritten and web searches just show the climate justice amendment to it from May. www.cityofithaca.org/642/Green-Ne...
I'm not even sure what CAP and GND mean in your skeet, so likely no, but I might just be tired.
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Curious what will happen with Ithaca's building electrification plans now.