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LoCaTion: Easton TiTLe: Chef and owner Company: Skinny Pines, llC inFo: "If you take any three top- pings within reason, you'll get a good pizza." Green Warrior: name here PHOTO | ???? Headline Here Byline A quis dolor aut velis ipsam cones sum qui dolut harcia quide nat. Rectemporio. Nemqui aciis voloreicipid quo tem eosam quias et ut ut inum exerita- tem et re, exceptures qui nim ventorati doloria audis aspero ideruntur res excestrum aut pror atqui od ent explissimil ipsa voluptiate cuptatis reria si sinis eatquo de adi officipic tem reperepedit vent essinus mi, ut modit a similic iaectur accus es re voluptatia sandit faces eaquis etum quatent, non cus a corenda et que solorrumenis nienda porem faccum, tectum, omnis remolup tatist, si res ex es dolupta ssimi, sitem. Otaest, totas il moluptat reptat anist venisquundit res dolorestotat aut a qui seni coreiun tectur? Dolendi gnist, cullupicto que laborum dolorro blam aspis etur, optiamuste pedit debit autaque porum ipsam quo milit eos et veni dis dis eum nis volo odigenis moluptat. Uga. Unt, optatiamus quis sunt qui doloriaes dolorep tatiostiatem fugias eos aut et escieniet odis iunt quodis dite volorempos alita quam et dol- libus, suntemp orenisi tatium, officto bearuptatia nus natemo earitia ventio. Obiti aspientius es senis ConneCTiCuT HeadquarTerS: New Haven ConneCTiCuT depoSiTS: $4.3 billion WebSiTe: www.firstniagara.com inFo: First Niagara was among the first community banks in Connecticut to ramp up with clean energy financing, following the lead created by the Clean Energy Finance & Investment Authority. Money Talks By alexander Soule F ive years ago, First Niag- ara saw an unfilled hole in the eastern banking market: clean energy. Because so few eastern banks were financing green energy projects, First Niagara seized the opportunity, especially because Connecticut requires its utili- ties to have 20 percent of their electricity coming from Class I renewables by 2020, said Dave Cantor, First Niagara's regional team leader in New Haven. "You see a lot more demand from the utilities saying, 'Okay, we'll buy anything out there that anyone can generate,'" Cantor said. "That didn't hap- pen until a few years ago." In the past 18 months, First Niagara issued $110 million in loans to solar installations and other energy-related projects First Niagara has backed multiple, multimillion-dollar loans for Middletown developer Greenskies Renewable Energy, which helped the company open up its portfolio. "In the early days … financ- ing was one of the greatest challenges," Greenskies CEO Michael Silvestrini said. "Once you've proven yourself … word travels fast that you have real projects and usually you get a phone call or two or three." eCompany: FirSt niaGara Photo | Pablo robleS Green Tip: Use fans in the office to keep use of the air conditioner at a minimum. www.CtGreenGuide.com Summer 2014 • Connecticut Green Guide 23