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New York’s Rockaway Peninsula Looks to Microgrids to Prepare for the Next Big Hurricane
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greentechmedia.com - by Bobby Magill - October 31, 2013
New York City’s Rockaway Peninsula took the brunt of Hurricane Sandy when the storm blew ashore a year ago, leaving the Rockaways in Queens devastated from flooding and 34,000 without electricity for weeks.
In the ensuing twelve months, the city has suggested many ways to make itself more able to withstand such storms. As part of New York City’s climate change response plan, “A Stronger, More Resilient New York,” issued earlier this year, one of the city’s suggestions to help the Rockaways survive the next hurricane is for the peninsula to become the site of a microgrid pilot project that will help keep the lights on at hospitals, schools and other critical infrastructure during and after a storm.
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Microgrids
New York Earmarks $40 Million for Ten Microgrid Projects
http://microgrid-news.com/mn1-10-14-1.htm
Pareto Energy – The Microgrid Company
http://www.paretoenergy.com/the-company.html
Post Sandy, U.S. pushes microgrids for backup power
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“Despite the big push for microgrids, obstacles remain. Some states, including New York, have regulations that don't specify what they are so their legal status is unclear. Also, federal tax incentives for some technologies ideal for microgrids, including CHP, are expiring at the end of 2016.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/31/microgrids-increase-post-sandy/3305379/
Microgrids: A New Kind of Power Struggle in New York and Connecticut
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/microgrids-a-new-kind-of-power-struggle
Microgrids become reality as Superstorm Sandy's anniversary nears
New York's Moreland Commission
The New York State Smart Grid Consortium (NYSSGC), a public-private partnership
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059987045
Microgrids – States – New York
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/rpt/2012-R-0417.htm
NYSERDA - Microgrids: An Assessment of the Value, Opportunities, and Barriers to the Deployment in New York State (219 page .PDF report)
http://www.ourenergypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/10-35-microgrids.pdf