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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi fellow LCTG members… my wife, Marcia, is involved in a lot of sustainability activities in Lexington. She mentioned an upcoming event that I thought might be of interest to some folks in this august group of science and technology mavens.
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s a Zoom event with two local experts talking about evolving electric and gas utilities' business models and modernizing their infrastructure to accelerate their shift to renewables. If you’re interested, here are the details…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#500050">Can a New Utility Business Model Green the Grid?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#500050">Restructuring for Resilient Renewables
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Thursday, November 10 -
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkf-ygrTsuHtIBfsnbBDAYOdYEnOYl2XdC"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Register here</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
for the Zoom Link </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(url: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkf-ygrTsuHtIBfsnbBDAYOdYEnOYl2XdC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">To get to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 we need to act today. This event will explore how we get there.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#1</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Reform our utility model to eliminate structural barriers to resilient reliable renewables. We welcome
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mark Sandeen</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, Lexington Select Board Member and Former Chair of Sustainable Lexington to inform us on how utilities
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#2</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Green our heating and cooling in an equitable way, without straining our electric grid or raising our energy bills.
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Audrey Schulman</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, Co-Founder and Co-Executive director of HEET will explain how to persuade gas utilities to install networked ground source heat
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