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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As I recall we tried to get Mark Sandeen to talk to the group<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John Rudy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-861-0402<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-718-8334 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>John.rudy@alum.mit.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>13 Hawthorne Lane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bedford, MA 01730-1047<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=99 height=94 style='width:1.0312in;height:.9791in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D8F04D.723DCB30"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Frank Gens<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 4, 2022 10:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> lctg@lists.toku.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FYI - interesting local Zoom event Nov 10th: "Can a New Utility Business Model 'Green' the Grid?"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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. :-) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[If you’re not interested, carry on :-) ]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Frank<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#500050'>Restructuring for Resilient Renewables <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#500050'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Thursday, November 10 - </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>7:00 - 8:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><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: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkf-ygrTsuHtIBfsnbBDAYOdYEnOYl2XdC">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkf-ygrTsuHtIBfsnbBDAYOdYEnOYl2XdC</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#500050'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><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 <b>Mark Sandeen</b>, Lexington Select Board Member and Former Chair of Sustainable Lexington to inform us on how utilities <i>could </i>lead the way to renewable energy powering the grid. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><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. <b>Audrey Schulman</b>, Co-Founder and Co-Executive director of HEET will explain how to persuade gas utilities to install networked ground source heat pumps instead of new gas infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=816 height=1056 style='width:8.5in;height:11.0in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D8F04D.723DCB30" alt="A picture containing text
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