CEF Agriculture Audits: Energy Efficiency for New York Farms

New York State's Clean Energy Fund Agriculture Audit program provides energy audits for eligible farms, including dairies, orchards, and greenhouses. The dataset contains results from audits beginning in 2016, listing location, utility providers, and state funding awarded. It likely contains records of audits performed under NYSERDA's Flexible Technical Assistance (FlexTech) Program.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the geographic distribution of audit participation using Counties and Project Town/City.
• Tracking state funding allocation for farm energy projects using NYSERDA Clean Energy Fund (CEF) Funding Amount (dollars).
• Identifying utility service areas for farms using Electricity Utility Name and Natural Gas Utility Name.
• Linking audit records to specific projects over time using Project ID and Audit Completed Date.

Strengths

• Contains specific funding amounts in dollars for each audit.
• Includes geospatial references for mapping farm locations.
• Covers multiple farm types (dairies, orchards, greenhouses, etc.) across New York State.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown across all platforms.
• License and author information are not provided.
• Column list is incomplete on the Data.gov platform.

Provenance

Source

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Collection Method

Data collected from energy audits performed by assigned Flexible Technical Assistance (FlexTech) Program Consultants.

Time Range

Beginning 2016

Freshness

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Geography

New York State