On August 4th, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo signed On Bill Financing legislation into law, meaning that by this time next year many New Yorkers will be able to pay for energy efficiency improvements the same way they pay for energy–on their utility bill. Since the bill’s passage, the Efficiency First New York Chapter has been [...]
Efficiency First New York applauds the passage of on-bill financing legislation, a job creation measure in the Power NY Act (A.8510-Cahill/S.5844-Maziarz) that will allow homeowners to finance energy-efficiency improvements through payments on their utility bill. On the eve of June 22nd, 2011 the legislation passed with overwhelming majorities in both houses (117-13 in the Assembly [...]
On Tuesday, home performance professionals in New York descended on Albany to ask state legislators to make their voices heard, as part of an Efficiency First New York-sponsored advocacy day. They made the trip to advocate for passage of On-Bill Recovery legislation which, if passed, would help homeowners retrofit their homes and create thousands of [...]