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HEAT from the EARTH Geothermal Pioneers, Kuzminskis Now Heat For Just $100 A Month By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – Sitting on their front porch on a warm evening, Adrian and Antoinette Kuzminski can look out at the green field across the road from their home in Fly Creek Valley. Or, looking at it another way, at their home heating and cooling system. “We get our heat from the earth,” said Adrian. “We’ve had geothermal for…
2 Oneontas Dip Toe Into Geothermal Consultant Explores Applying Method To Main St., Southside By JENNIFER HILL • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal WEST ONEONTA – Geothermal energy fever is sweeping Greater Oneonta. First the city and now the town are “seriously considering” going geothermal, using heat from beneath the earth to warm above-earth homes. Jay Egg, a geothermal system consultant, met at length with City Manager George Korthauer and other staffers Tuesday, April 9, and is due back at…
SAY, WHAT IS GEOTHERMAL? Editor’s Note: In recent days, the City of Oneonta and the Town of Oneonta have contracted with consultant Jay Egg of Egg Geothermal, Kissimmee, Fla., to study incorporating municipal-heating systems into water projects. The idea is energy from the earth’s depths can be tapped to heat Otsego County’s homes and businesses. Interesting. But how does it work? Here’s how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explains the process on a web site aimed at kids. It…
Water-Line Replacement In Oneonta May Pioneer Geothermal Breakthrough By JENNIFER HILL • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Oneonta could soon become a world leader in renewable energy. The City of Oneonta and Jay Egg, CEO of Geo Egg, a Florida-based geothermal design and consulting company, are about to sign a $10,000 contract for a feasibility study on paralleling a geothermal heating system with the water main being installed in South Main Street over the next eight months.…