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    We have a unique opportunity to build a new energy system as we transition from a century-old model of unsustainable energy practices to renewable, distributed and local energy sources. New York State's Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative provides a powerful platform for this great transformation to 100% renewable energy.

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    We have a unique opportunity to build a new energy system as we transition from a century-old model of unsustainable energy practices to renewable, distributed and local energy sources. New York State's Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative provides a powerful platform for this great transformation to 100% renewable energy.

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    Here & Now: Lets Build a

    100% Renewable & Resilient


    Energy System
    Gordian Raacke
    Executive Director
    Renewable Energy Long Island (reLI)

    www.RenewableEnergyLongIsland.org

    Getty Images/Photodisc/Steve Cole

    First Commercial Power Plant

    1880: Thomas Edison Plant


    Fulton Street, Manhattan, NY

    Our Electric System

    The Great Transformation

    Transforming

    from..to

    Centralized

    De-centralized

    Vulnerable

    Resilient

    Fossil/Carbon-based
    Imported Fuel

    Renewable/0-Carbon
    Local Fuel

    (Coal, Oil, Natural Gas)

    (Sun, Wind, Water)

    Price-Volatility

    Fixed Price

    Utility-owned

    Community-owned

    Oligarchy

    Democracy

    Utility Board Room

    Kitchen Table

    October 2012: Superstorm Sandy

    The Rockaways, Queens, New York


    October 30, 2012

    2012 Reuters/Keith Bedford

    Sea Level Rise & Flood Scenarios

    http://maps.coastalresilience.org/newyork/
    10

    Choosing Our Energy Future

    Long Islands South Fork

    2014 Resolution: Energy Goals for the Town of East Hampton

    it shall be the goal of the Town of East Hampton to:

    - meet 100% of community wide electricity consumption with renewable


    energy sources by the year 2020 and to
    - meet the equivalent of 100% of economy wide energy consumption such
    as electricity, heating, and transportation with renewable energy sources by
    the year 2030; and further be it
    - RESOLVED, that these goals can be reasonable met based upon existing and new
    national, state, and local initiatives.

    NYS Executive Order No. 24


    80 x 50 Goal
    reduce current greenhouse gas emissions
    from all sources within the State 80% by the
    year 2050

    1990 CO2e

    2050 CO2e

    100% Renewable Energy Components

    Its happening around the world

    Germanys 100% Renewable Energy Regions


    89 100% RE Regions
    58 Starter Regions
    3 100 RE Urban Regions
    150 Total
    125,000 km2
    (~48,000 sq.mi.)
    24 Million People

    Source: http://100ee.deenet.org/

    100% Renewable Electricity Examples

    Samsoe (Denmark) got to 100% RE in just 10 years


    Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) 100% as of 2014
    Munich (Germany) 100% RE by 2025
    Scotland 100% RE goal for 2020
    San Francisco 100% RE by 2020
    City of Aspen 100% RE by 2015 achieved
    City of Greensburg, KS 100% RE achieved
    Burlington, VT 100% RE achieved

    and now East Hampton 100% RE by 2020

    Gordian Raacke
    Executive Director
    Renewable Energy Long Island (reLI)

    RenewableEnergyLongIsland.org
    Facebook.com/RenewableEnergyLongIsland
    info@RenewableEnergyLongIsland.org

    631-329-8888
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