CITIZEN POWER ALLIANCE

New York State Electric & Gas on Wednesday said it has launched an energy-efficiency program for small business customers with electricity demand of less than 100 kilowatts.

Eligible businesses will receive free energy-efficient lighting assessments. Seventy percent of the cost of recommended lighting upgrades will be covered by NYSEG.

To effectively perform the assessments and upgrades, NYSEG will stagger the launch of the program through August 2011. The program will begin in the Ithaca area July 12; in Elmira, Oct. 1; and in Binghamton, Dec. 28.

EnerPath will manage the program, hire and train local workers to perform the assessments and select and supervise licensed subcontractors who will perform the lighting upgrades.

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