Montour Falls to be awarded $175K for meeting clean energy goal

MONTOUR FALLS, N.Y. ( WETM ) – The village of Montour Falls will be awarded a $175,000 grant to continue to complete its clean energy projects after it reached its clean energy goal, as announced by Mayor James Ryan.

The village will be awarded the grant after it reached 7,000 points as part of the NYSERDA Clean Energy Initiative. This grant will add to the $1.5 million in total funding that the Sustainable Montour Falls initiative has received since it began in 2017.

Since then, Montour Falls has achieved Clean Energy Community designation in October of 2018 and was nominated a Bronze Climate Smart Community in October of 2019.

Sustainable Montour Falls has completed over $700,000 in projects with another $1.2 million in projects that are planned to be completed in the next 18 months. To view all of Sustainable Montour Fall’s projects and initiatives, visit the Village of Montour Falls website .

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