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How To: Design and Mail an Information Postcard

December 22, 2022 by l

  Templates from other towns. Copy, paste, edit for your town. Contact your local print shop for design, printing and mailing services.   Newspaper Advertisement     Flyer to post on bulletin boards at your local library, diner, gas station, school, rec center, post office.     Postcard to mail. Obtain mailing list from local … [Read more…]

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How To: Baseline Noise Analysis

December 22, 2022 by l

If at all possible hire a noise engineer. Search the National Council of Acoustical Consultants. This industry is booked out months in advance. Start early! Capture baseline decibel levels with noise meters. REED Instruments R8050 Dual Range Sound Level Meter amazon Use an app on your iPhone NIOSH Sound Level Meter for iPhone Purchase a … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to Tagged: decibel, how to, noise level, sound

How to: Read a Solar Site Plan

December 22, 2022 by l

Be solar smart! Use these redacted and annotated educational purposes only site plans to learn what to look for on a basic solar site plan. This information may apply to any site plan for any utility scale solar power plant and should not be construed as a review or critique of any particular project or … [Read more…]

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How To: United States Department of Agriculture Soils Map

December 22, 2022 by l

Determine the USDA rating for solar arrays with soil based anchor systems and solar arrays with ballast anchor systems. USDA Soil Map https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/ CLick the Start (Green Button) locate address define Area of Potential Interest API Click top tab for Soil Data Explorer Tab Click Building Site Development for a drop down menu Solar arrays … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to Tagged: anchor system, how to, soil, USDA

How to: Document Land Use and Property Lines

December 22, 2022 by l

  How to: Map the solar project’s land use   1. Identify your county’s internet mapping system and teach yourself how to use it. The internet mapping system or GIS map system may shows parcels, landowner information and links to the assessor’s information and tax information. It may have options to include parcel id numbers, … [Read more…]

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How to: Report a Property Maintenance Violation

December 22, 2022 by l

Some municipalities may have a regulation that a property cannot obtain a permit if there are outstanding violations filed on the property. Submit a Freedom of Information request for the address and tax id number of the the parcel in question to the municipality. If you believe that the property is in violations then take … [Read more…]

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How to: Images of Solar Facilities

December 21, 2022 by l

Please use the images in your reports, social media, and letters to your town board. A picture is worth a 1,000 words. If you need a specific image please send me an email.                                             … [Read more…]

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How To: Documentaries, Podcasts, Books and Opposition Groups for Solar, Wind and Battery Storage Projects

December 21, 2022 by l

VIDEOS NetZero Watch   Duanesburg Neighbors Youtube Solar Playlist   Energy Switch     PODCASTS Robert Bryce – Power Hungry Podcast     DOCUMENTARY MOVIES Juice – How Electricity Explains the World   Windfall – 2012     BLOGS Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   Michael Shellenberger     BOOKS Merideth Angwin – Shorting the … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to Tagged: book, documentary, how to, Michael Shellenberger, movie, podcast, Robert Bryce

How To: Understand the NYSIR queue

December 21, 2022 by l

EDIT: Janaury 31, 2023 The link to the NYSIR queue provides a 404 error message. https://www3.dps.ny.gov/W/PSCWeb.nsf/All/286D2C179E9A5A8385257FBF003F1F7E   Some information for the NYSIR queue to National Grid, Con Edison, Central Hudson, Orange and Rockland, NYSEG and RG&E, and PSEG LI utilities may be found here: https://dps.ny.gov/distributed-generation-informationIt appears that the queues provided contain similar information as the … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to Tagged: National Grid, NYSIR, queue

How to: Hold a Solar Developer Accountable

December 21, 2022 by l

  “”   slide show from Disorient Public Talk Series at Burning Man 2022   Bruning, Lynne 1 September 2022.  

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