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Elected officials and advocates urge Cuomo to sign geothermal energy tax credit bill

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The Syracuse Common Council has joined in on an effort from advocates and elected officials to pressure Gov. Andrew Cuomo into signing a bill to give tax credits to geothermal energy. A 30 percent federal tax incentive for geothermal expires at the end of this year. Geothermal energy is generated by a system of loop pipes underground that can warm or cool the air in homes and buildings. But geothermal is expensive and costs around the same as a solar panel system, between $20,000-30,000 per home. A tax credit worth 25 percent, up to $5,000, could help ease that burden. Plus, Assemblyman Al Stirpe says, geothermal would help meet Cuomo’s goals of generating more clean energy. “It’s really an important piece of the puzzle, because we have to use lots of different non-carbon based energy sources in order to get to this reduction in carbon emissions," Stirpe said. "You would think that this being so in line with what he is trying to accomplish, it would be something he would take a very

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