REWIRE ENERGY ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAM TO EXPAND COMMUNITY SOLAR WHILE AIDING LOCAL NONPROFITS

hand under sun for community giving

New Offering Expands Renewable Energy Across the Region and Adds New Revenue Stream to Local Community Organizations

Saratoga Springs, NY – ReWire Energy in partnership with the community solar developer US Light Energy today announced an exciting new program aimed at increasing Community Solar usage while also powering new revenue to local nonprofits.  This unique approach includes ReWire helping supporters of local nonprofits sign up for Community Solar, with added incentives going to that nonprofit.

As part of this new partnership, ReWire, a family owned minority business enterprise based in downtown Saratoga Springs, will offer subscriptions to the popular and flexible renewable energy program – Community Solar.  This new offering comes in addition to the in-depth strategic energy consulting services offered by ReWire to commercial real estate developers, nonprofits, and government agencies.

ReWire is offering Community Solar subscriptions for all types of utility customers, including businesses, homeowners, renters, multifamily property owners, churches and other non-profits. These subscriptions are initiated through a simple process that enables all utility customers to share in a local, New York solar farm. The solar farms provide clean solar power to the utility’s electric grid and generate energy credits for the subscribers. The energy credits are applied to subscribers’ utility bills, and subscribers are then billed at a 10% discount for the value of the credits.

The added benefit of this new program is a customized outreach and education session for supporters of the participating nonprofits, informing those supporters of both the economic and environmental benefits of community solar. Supporters signing up through these nonprofit outreach sessions will also drive $50 to the nonprofit for each new signup.

The entire subscription process is simple and takes less than 5 minutes. Interested customers can visit rewireenergy.com/community-solar/ to subscribe. Community Solar subscribers do not need to install any new equipment at their location, there is no cost to subscribe and you can cancel with 90 days notice.

The next ReWire Energy Hour networking community engagement is featuring Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region.  This information session is open to the public and will be held on January 15 at 5:30pm at Glennpeter Jewelers, located at 1544 Central Ave, Albany NY 12205.

“Our mission to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth has been making a BIG difference in the lives of thousands of Capital Region kids for many years,” said Noelle Podoba, President of the Board of Directors.  “The lives we’ve changed and the results we’ve seen have only been possible thanks to the humbling generosity of our community.  We’re grateful for ReWire Energy’s belief in our mission and thankful for their support.”

Lee Evans, President of ReWire Energy said, “ReWire is a dedicated member of the Capital Region community and part of our company’s mission is to help make our community stronger.  The chance to further enable solar power usage while providing more resources to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region is a great way for us to do more while doing good. This is a no-brainer and a win-win for our community and customers.”

This program was recently launched and will be adding new nonprofit organizations regularly.

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About ReWire

ReWire Energy is part of the ReWire Group, LLC, a family-led and NY certified minority business enterprise focused on delivering Zero Energy solutions for real estate, municipal, commercial and institutional customers through a combination of energy and financial modeling, process automation software and new technology deployment. Based in Saratoga Springs, NY, ReWire is developing opportunities for clients throughout the region by redefining the Value of Zero.  Learn more at ReWireEnergy.com.

About Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region has one mission, we create and support one to one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. We hold ourselves accountable to the following measurable outcomes: educational success, avoidance of risky behaviors, higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships. Serving almost 600 children each year, Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region stands in the corner of our kids and lets them know we all believe in their potential and will work hard to defend it. Capital Region counties served include Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, and Saratoga.  Learn more at www.bbbscr.org.

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ReWire Energy Hour @ The Shaker and Vine, Featuring The YWCA

ReWire Energy Hour – December Recap:

Once again ReWire, business associates, Nonprofit partners, and community organizations gathered for the monthly Energy Hour. At this event ReWire’s featured Nonprofit partner was the YWCA of Northeastern New York. Despite the snowy weather a stalwart group enjoyed the festive gathering along with beverages and Shaker and Vine cuisine.

Our efforts to educate and provide a platform for local Nonprofits to get their message out and to provide support through our Community Solar fundraising programs will continue.

The January Energy Hour will be at a larger venue in Albany, New York Wednesday January 15th at Glennpeter Jewelers located at 1544 Central Avenue where we’re expecting up to 100 attendees. We hope to see you there and welcome you to participate in our efforts to build community support for worthy causes and to enable us all do our part in the ongoing fight against climate change.

JOIN US!

JANUARY EVENT – ALBANY NY

5 – 7:30 PM

Host: ReWire Energy
Feature Nonprofit Partner: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region
$5 donation at the door. All proceeds go to support Big Brothers Little Sisters

Register to Attend

Venue: Glennpeter Jewelers
1544 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12205

The Community Solar Subscription Booth will be open. Bring your energy bill!
When subscribing, Enter PROMO Code BBBS to support our Partner

FEBRUARY EVENT – TROY NY

Hosts: ReWire and US Light Energy
Featured Nonprofit Partner: Capital Roots

Venue: River Street Market
Hedley Park Place of Troy
433 River St # 101, Troy, NY 12180

ReWire ENERGY HOUR – Celebrating The 4 Wins

Winning with Community Solar group event

ReWire Energy Hour Recap:

Festivities were held for the debut Energy Hour at Wheatfield’s in Clifton Park NY on Wednesday November 20th. Check out the video below.

The event was well attended, with everyone having a good time networking, discussing our shared goals and enjoying complimentary food and beverages. Lee Evans provided remarks; describing the purpose of bringing together community stakeholders, friends and family, as well as ReWire customers and strategic partners.

Lee closed by highlighting the 4-Wins of Community Solar:

  1. It’s a Win for Community Solar Subscribers enjoying lower energy costs
  2. It’s a Win for Nonprofits that receive a $50 Donation for every subscribing member
  3. It’s a Win for the environment as all this activity lowers the Community’s overall Carbon Footprint
  4. And it’s a Win for ReWire and our Community Solar Partners

 

Event Purpose

Each month we bring together a coalition of organizations, committed businesses and concerned citizens as we begin our journey. We’re combining our efforts to fight climate change with supporting Nonprofit and charitable organizations and their missions.

Let’s celebrate coming together as we strive to make an enduring and positive difference in our communities.

December Event – Date, Time & Location

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

5 – 7:30 PM EST: REGISTER NOW

Venue: The Shaker and Vine
221 Harborside Drive
Schenectady, NY 12305

Featured Nonprofit Organization: YWCA of Northeastern NY

JANUARY EVENT – ALBANY NY

5 – 7:30 PM

Venue: Glennpeter Jewelers

1544 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12205

Featured Nonprofit Organization: Big Brother & Big Sisters of the Capital Region

FEBRUARY EVENT – TROY NY

Venue: River Street Market

Hedley Park Place of Troy
433 River St # 101, Troy, NY 12180

ReWire Participates in the Business Review’s Energy Roundtable

How will new climate legislation affect your business? What are the challenges and opportunities that came with the new climate goals? How much more potential does solar have to grow? Law firm Hodgson Russ and the Albany Business Review hosted a discussion to answer these questions and more. Cindy Applebaum, market president and publisher of the Albany Business Review, moderated the discussion.

What are some of the ways the state’s new Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act will shape how New York generates, delivers and uses energy?

Bill Jordan, Founder & CEO, Jordan Energy & Food Enterprises: Mandates and goals have been aggressive. Some big picture trends are fairly certain. There will be such more solar, wind and storage. We’ll be incorporating generation delivery and use of energy. The Climate Action Council, which is required by this law, will help guide some of these answers to these questions.

Rich Dewey, President & CEO, NYISO: It’s going to have a pretty dramatic impact, in terms of the supply. One of the things we’re looking at as grid operators is how to maintain a generation fleet that can meet the needs of consumers for times when the intermittent sources are not producing.

A lot of it is going to be based on wind and solar, but as we know, there are days where the wind doesn’t blow at all and the sun doesn’t shine very much. But we still need to have a generation fleet that’s prepared to meet the load. It’s going to be an interesting challenge to provide the right kind of pricing signals so that generators can respond in a way that can balance the intermittent sources. We’re probably looking at different revenue models for those kinds of generators, and making sure they’ve got adequacy to perform when we need them.

Jamie Thompson, President & CEO, American Energy Care & AEC Solar: There’s also going to be a shift in the way that people live and react to the markets because as regulations change, it’s going to change how people have to heat and cool their buildings. It’s going to change at their homes. When are we going to wash our clothes? The commodity becomes more expensive, and more importantly, less expensive at night. It’s going to give them an opportunity to save money.

Lee Evans, President, ReWire Group LLC: It’s going to be interesting to have the Climate Action Council’s 22-person scoping plan occur. All these people are going to agree on what to do? Also, regarding people who are disproportionately affected by climate change, are jobs and money going to go to those areas based on the new laws? I hope it works.

David Sandbank, Vice President of Distributed Energy Resources, NYSERDA: New York state has some of the most aggressive targets in the country, and doing nothing is a bigger cost. The whole concept is to get to 70% renewables by 2030 and 100% carbon-free by 2040. When you’re going to do that, you’re going to rely on the grid, the distribution network and much more to convert a lot of fossil fuel into electricity and electrification. One of the key components to that is energy storage because you can’t have intermittent technologies without energy storage.

We’re also going to change the way in which we generate our electricity to renewable resources. Thirdly, we’re going to be able to convert a lot of the fossil fuel into electricity, which is then going to be generated by mostly solar, wind and hydro. It’s going to change a lot of things. It’s going to change the way we drive our vehicles and how we charge our cars. We’re going to have to make our buildings smarter. The grid’s got to be much more flexible. This is just the very beginning of a long, necessary process.

As the state pursues these goals in legislation, what are some of the challenges and what are some of the opportunities?

Dewey: The pace at which we need to add renewables to the grid has got to be at a rate that we’ve never achieved in the past. It’s a pretty aggressive step up. When you look at the number of renewables on the grid, the hydro resources which are really important and really valuable, they are about 21% or 22%. In the last 10 years we’ve added another 3% to 5%. In the next 10 years, we’ve got to go from 25 to 70. It’s actually higher than that when you figure that nuclear is not renewable. Nuclear is carbon free, but it’s not renewable, so the pace with which we need to fund, site, build and interconnect renewables is arguably five-plus times a greater rate than we’ve done over the last 10 years.

How do we remove the administrative barriers? How do we knock down some of the regulated barriers of Article 10 and the likes? Those kinds of things are going to have to really work smoothly.

Evans: This is an interesting question because a challenge to somebody is an opportunity to somebody else. There’s going to be some disruption during this transition for people in certain jobs and certain industries. Legislation is going to have to balance some of that and help people through the transition with workforce training, but there are going to have to be restrictions on internal-combustion engine cars and developers for new development.

There will be some mandates about efficiency and renewable energy for retrofits, and so the challenge is going to be the restrictions and the mandates that are going to have to occur in order for this to happen. But that is going to create opportunities for people and new jobs in the green economy.

See more of the Albany Business Review’s Roundtable discussion: Industry Roundtable: Energy

U.S. Light Energy Completes First-Of-Its-Kind Community Solar Farm in Clifton Park

Sugarhill Energy gang ReWire USLE

ReWire Strategic Partner US Light Energy Announced Completion of the First-Of-Its-Kind Community Solar Farm in Clifton Park New York.

In a ribbon cutting and community tour of the first community solar farm in Clifton Park, New York, local officials, project partners Standard Solar and ReWire Energy participated in a ribbon cutting and tour of the installation.

For More Information: See the Article on North America Clean Energy

 

ReWire Brings Community Solar to Albany Landlord

The owner/manager of 250 student apartments in Albany’s Pine Hills neighborhood expects to save $5,000 to $7,000 annually by purchasing power generated from a community solar farm near Troy.

Asaf Elkayam, president of Jerusalem Management, arranged for the purchase through ReWire Energy of Saratoga Springs.

ReWire Energy served as a broker for Hope Solar Farm in Brunswick.

It’s the first deal of this size for ReWire Energy, which is offering community solar subscriptions for businesses, homeowners, apartment owners, tenants, churches and nonprofit groups.

“Asaf is by far our biggest customer,” said Lee Evans, president of ReWire Energy.

The 2-megawatt solar farm in Brunswick was developed by High Peaks Solar. It will soon be connected to the energy grid.

Community solar farms enable homeowners, businesses and other energy users to save on their utility bills without installing solar panels on their buildings or land. The energy credits from community solar are applied to subscribers’ utility bills. Subscribers are billed at a 10% discount for the value of the credits.

See More About How Jerusalem Management is Saving with Community Solar

ReWire Energy Announces New Strategic Partnership with US Light Energy

Community Solar Panels in the Field

Agreement Allows Saratoga-based Zero Energy Consulting Firm to Market and Sell Subscriptions to Community Solar Projects Across the Region

Saratoga Springs, NY – ReWire Energy today announced an exciting new partnership with U.S. Light Energy, a Latham, New York-based distributed generation energy development company, that will offer power from U.S. Light Energy’s Community Solar Projects to ReWire customers across the greater Capital Region. U.S. Light Energy specializes in Community Solar facilities and solar renewable energy solutions for residential, small commercial, and municipal customers.

As part of this new partnership, ReWire, a family owned minority business enterprise based in downtown Saratoga Springs, will offer subscriptions to popular and flexible renewable energy program – Community Solar.  This new offering comes in addition to the in-depth strategic energy consulting services offered by ReWire to commercial real estate developers, nonprofits, and government agencies.

ReWire is offering Community Solar subscriptions for all types of utility customers, including businesses, homeowners, renters, multifamily property owners, churches and other non-profits. These subscriptions are initiated through a simple process that enables all utility customers to share in a local, New York solar farm. The solar farms provide clean solar power to the utility’s electric grid and generate energy credits for the subscribers. The energy credits are applied to subscribers’ utility bills, and subscribers are then billed at a 10% discount for the value of the credits.

ReWire handles the entire subscription process, meeting with each utility customer to review their energy bills and walk the subscriber through the application. Interested customers can visit rewireenergy.com/community-solar/ to start the subscription process. Community Solar subscribers do not need to install any new equipment at their location and there is no cost to subscribe.

Lee Evans, President of ReWire Energy said, “ReWire is thrilled to partner with the incredible team at U.S. Light Energy. Their deep industry experience and expertise expands our team’s offerings to present the full gamut of energy products and consulting needs. We’re confident our team will be able to deliver even more compelling outcomes for municipal, commercial and residential customers.”

Mark Richardson, CEO of U.S. Light Energy said “Adding ReWire to our team is a natural fit that will expand our ability to reach more subscribers in this vital market, making the Capital Region, and all of New York, cleaner and more sustainable.”

This new partnership commenced in summer of 2019.

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About ReWire
ReWire Energy is part of the ReWire Group, LLC, a family-led and minority owned business focused on delivering Zero Energy solutions for real estate, municipal, commercial and institutional customers through a combination of energy and financial modeling, process automation software and new technology deployment. Based in Saratoga Springs, NY, ReWire is developing opportunities for clients throughout the region by redefining the Value of Zero.  Learn more at ReWireEnergy.com.

About US Light Energy
US Light Energy is a New York-based distributed generation energy development company specializing in solar and renewable energy solutions, including community solar, for both residential and commercial customers. We work on behalf of all interested parties: land and business owners, local authorities (AHJ’s), engineering firms, product vendors, contractors, and financiers to create distributed energy projects where everyone can participate in creating a better future for our children and our planet. U.S. Light Energy is headquartered in Latham, NY. For more information, visit www.USLightEnergy.com.

REWIRE ENERGY AND CLEAN ENERGY BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

zero energy platform with blockchain network

Inter-State Collaboration Will Leverage Variety of Energy Consulting Services to Deploy Innovative Technology and Smart Grid Enabling Solutions

Saratoga Springs, NY – ReWire Energy and the Clean Energy Blockchain Network (CEBN), today jointly announced an exciting new partnership that will pair ReWire’s software development, energy analytics, financial modeling and utility program management expertise with CEBN’s extensive blockchain and distributed energy capabilities to offer municipal and utility customers a dynamic new technology resource.

The ReWire + CEBN venture will focus on technology challenges – both hardware and software – that is slowing adoption of Smart City and blockchain initiatives across the Northeast. The firms are combining their technical expertise in integrated Smart Energy transaction processing, blockchain technology and business model innovation. The combined technologies will be deployed to address the challenges municipalities and utilities face when considering how to successfully navigate the complexities associated with the adoption of distributed energy resources when launching their Smart Building and Smart City program initiatives.

Specifically, the new partnership will focus on strategic initiatives including:

  • Municipal Smart Energy Platform: development of this platform will allow governments and other municipal entities to easily adopt smart energy solutions that optimize consumption patterns, saving energy and reducing costs (joint response to NYS REV Connect);
  • Peer-to-peer energy trading applications: innovative web and mobile technology solutions that allow peer-to-peer energy trading, enabling neighbors to buy and sell excess renewable energy
  • Creative energy solutions for Low to Moderate Income (LMI) Housing: with a packaged approach that combines solar, storage and energy management, the team will provide access to clean energy credits for LMI housing projects.

Lee Evans, CEO of ReWire Energy said, “ReWire is thrilled to partner with the incredible team at CEBN. Frank and Mike’s expertise expands our team’s offerings to present the full gamut of energy and technology consulting needs. We’re confident this team will deliver compelling outcomes for municipal and utility customers.”

ReWire, based in downtown Saratoga Springs, NY is a family owned minority business enterprise that provides in-depth strategic energy consulting services. Their expertise was sought to support the energy plan for the Link @ SoBro project in Saratoga and have been working with the City of Schenectady on new smart grid projects.

Frank Curran, Vice President of Clean Energy BlockChain Network said “It has been a pleasure to work with the ReWire team, because of their energy expertise, software knowledge and collaborative approach. We started our relationship with a couple of projects, and now it is exciting to develop this alliance with ReWire. We look forward to developing joint solutions to support Smart City, utilities and low-income housing projects in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, as we have in other regions across the US.

CEBN is a Massachusetts-based platform company offering trading of clean renewable energy and carbon credits, as well as in-depth technology and energy expertise. The CEBN team of experts have deployed automated clean energy verification systems with audited Certified Clean Energy™, enabling live transaction execution via a flexible API-based architecture. CEBN tracks clean energy, and its associated credits, from generation to final use on a blockchain-based platform.

The new partnership commenced in late 2018 focused initially on NY State opportunities but has begun seeking projects in the broader Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states with commercial, institutional, utilities and both state and local governments.

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About ReWire

ReWire Energy is part of the ReWire Group, LLC, a family-led and minority owned business focused on delivering Zero Energy solutions for real estate, municipal, commercial and institutional customers through a combination of energy and financial modeling, process automation software and new technology deployment. Based in Saratoga Springs, NY, ReWire is developing opportunities for clients throughout the region by redefining the Value of Zero.  Learn more at ReWireEnergy.com.

About CEBN

The CEBN team builds both hardware and software packages, including financing and developing clean energy projects, in addition to energy and credit tracking and trading using blockchain technology. CEBN helps its clients move forward in the clean, distributed, and digital transformations underway in the energy industry. www.cleanenergyblockchain.com

ReWire Energy Helps Bring Zero Energy Projects to the Capital Region

ReWire Energy brothers and founders

Center for Economic Growth’s Earth Day Special: Capital Region Companies on the Front Lines in the Fight against Climate Change

The Capital Region has long been recognized as a national leader in cleantech innovation and green jobs. For example, a 2011 study by the Brookings Institution and the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice found that the Albany-Troy-Schenectady metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had, among the nation’s 100 largest MSAs, the highest concentration of clean economy jobs.

And ReWire Energy is one of the featured Capital Region Companies on the Front Lines in the Fight against Climate Change.

As a community minded project partner to Indianapolis-based KCG Development, Bill Teator of DEW Ventures wanted to explore energy efficiency goals raised by the City of Saratoga Springs and its planners.  The proposed four-story, mixed-income and mixed-use project designed to replace the blighted former Saratoga Diner site on South Broadway was addressing critical workforce housing and a business incubator need, but what about an energy plan for the 150,000-square-foot development called The Link@SoBro?

In early 2018, KCG tapped the Saratoga Springs-based ReWire Energy to assist in developing The Link@SoBro’s Energy Plan. The plan called for an upgrade in energy efficiency that would lead to a 20 percent reduction in energy use as well as the installation of rooftop solar panels to completely cover the energy use in the building’s common areas.

Read More on the CEG Website

ReWire Announces Transition to Zero Energy Solutions Provider

Zero energy smart neighborhood

Shifting from Traditional Energy Assessment and Advisory Services, Local Energy Start-Up Will Provide Strategic Energy Solutions Including:

  • Enabling Zero Energy Buildings, both existing and new construction;
  • Support Smart City policy development and deployment
  • Transformative technology deployment

Saratoga Springs, NY – ReWire Energy today announced a new stage in their corporate growth that will align ReWire’s software development, energy analytics, financial modeling and utility program management expertise with market needs, including serving commercial real estate development and management, municipal and utility customers, and dynamic energy and technology customers.

Between consumer demand for efficient energy solutions, evolving market dynamics and ongoing regulatory  changes, a variety of customers are seeking strategic support in reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions.  Based on these trends, ReWire is focused on becoming the region’s first full-service Zero Energy Solutions provider.  This new approach will focus on solving technology challenges – in design, construction, and technology deployment – to help commercial customers save money and energy while improving both their bottom line and the planet.

Lee Evans, President of ReWire Energy said, “ReWire is excited to make this transition to better reflect market challenges and opportunities. Our combined experience presents a new model for delivering Zero Energy Solutions.  ReWire will be serving customers in the new construction, existing building retrofit, and municipal government arenas through a strategic alignment of engineering expertise, energy analytics, financial insight, and new technology deployment. We’re confident this approach will deliver compelling outcomes for real estate, municipal and utility customers.”

Specifically, this new approach will focus on delivering results for new construction and existing building customers including:

  • Identifying Incentive Programs and applying those incentives to increase cash flow;
  • Boosting ROI through reductions in soft costs and increases in overall Project/Property values
  • Providing analytics, education and financial insight for faster positive cash flow;
  • Comply/exceed building code or local energy plan expectations.

ReWire will also seek to deliver new solutions for Smart City and Smart Grid adoption, as well as general municipal and utility customers such as:

  • New energy programs to drive cost reductions, revenue enhancement and carbon reductions;
  • Community Benefits include electrification, reduced congestion and resident access to community solar;
  • Development of Municipal Smart Energy Platform for governments and other municipal entities to easily adopt smart energy solutions that optimize consumption patterns, saving energy and reducing costs;
  • Development of customer municipal energy plan.

ReWire, based in downtown Saratoga Springs, NY provides in-depth strategic energy consulting services. Their expertise was sought to support the energy plan for the Link @ SoBro project in Saratoga Springs and recently collaborated with the City of Schenectady on a proposal to NYSERDA for the development of innovative municipal smart grid technology.

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About ReWire

ReWire Energy is part of the ReWire Group, LLC, a family-led and NYS Certified Minority owned Business Enterprise (MBE) focused on delivering Zero Energy solutions for real estate, municipal, commercial and institutional customers through a combination of energy and financial modeling, process automation software and new technology deployment. Based in Saratoga Springs, NY, ReWire is developing opportunities for clients throughout the region by redefining the Value of Zero.  Learn more at ReWireEnergy.com.