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Why a Green Jobs Program Produced So Few Jobs

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  • TedKidd
    Posted January 27, 2016 at 12:54 pm

    “Marx blames the GJGNY program’s disappointing performance on economic factors.”

    Yeah – the economics of supply push don’t work. Cheerleading about a program that has no accountability for performance it doesn’t even bother tracking outcomes places all the risk on the consumer and contractor.

    NYSERDA is lying to consumers about benefits in all their PR and outreach, and consumers know it. Goodwill was all burned up long ago, people laugh about what a waste of time a NYSERDA audit is and wish they had their time back.

    So there is no faith in NYSERDA programs delivering on promise (their own studies prove they do NOT – https://bit.ly/NYSERDAandreattareport). People like to get what they paid for, and you can’t get that if there is any connection to NYSERDA.

    “An energy coordinator—who asked not to be named because NYSERDA told him he could not speak to the press—says contractors in his area felt that the opportunity to take part in the workforce training program offered little reward for those already working in the field. Despite the 393 home performance applications his CBO received and the more than half that number of assessments that were completed, just 53 retrofits were completed.”

    Few coming to the party? Again, NYSERDA wants what they want and doesn’t seem to care about what other stakeholders want or need. So big surprise, nobody is coming to your narcissists ball.

    This get’s fixed by shift to demand/pull orientation. Create a product that delivers, be accountable for delivering, provide transparent tracking to prove you are honest (means firing everyone at NYSERDA and hiring some people who know what ethics are), and this thing will take off.

    A lot of people are frustrated by how their homes are performing. If they were confident they would get their problems solved instead of left holding an empty bag Home Performance growth would be mind blowing.

  • Anon resident
    Posted January 30, 2016 at 12:21 am

    D’Arcy says NYSERDA needs more funds allocated to outreach. Although
    NYSERDA put out a public opportunity notice that helped fund on-the-job
    training for home performance contractors and new hires, it drew little
    interest. – NYSERDA needs to fire their community outreach,public relations and government relations person. NYSERDDA, Dept of Labor which is big mess on a daily basis doesn’t help the cause either when staff can barely promote a dishwashing job properly how would they be able to promote green jobs. Also, at failure is Empire State Development and their marketing dept/which is run by the Governors office. Where did these state agencies promote these jobs?

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