The plan was developed by the Energy Conservation SteeringCommittee. City government accounts for approximately 6.5% of NewYork City's total energy usage and 10% of its peak electricitydemand. The Mayor recently revealed the plan at St. Mary'sRecreation Center in the Bronx, a Parks Department facility that,under the plan, will receive energy-saving retrofits to fixoutdated heating and cooling systems, insufficient ventilation, andwindows and doors that leak heat in the winter and cooled air inthe summer.

The projects in the long-term plan will be partially funded byan annual commitment of 10% of the City's energy budget, which infiscal year 2009 will be $100 million. In total, the plan willrequire an estimated $2.3 billion investment over the next nineyears, of which roughly $900 million has been committed by theCity, and another $80 million was already spent in fiscal year2008.

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