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| January 31 Timothy Carey is elected Power Authority president and chief executive officer. |
February 8 NYPA agrees to install 200-kilowatt fuel cell at NYC Transit maintenance facility in Queens. |
February 13 Thomas Kelly is named NYPA executive vice president and general counsel. |
February 21 Innovative fuel cell at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse will provide electricity, heat and hot water. |
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| March 1 Thomas Scozzafava and Robert Moses become NYPA Trustees. |
March 3 NYPA announces it will use cleaning products that are biodegradable and low in toxicity. |
April 10 Power Authority is ranked among cleanest utilities in the country. |
April 27 NYPA observes 75th anniversary. |
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| April 28 Frank McCullough, Jr. elected Power Authority chairman. |
May 1 Installation begins on innovative battery energy storage system at the MTA’s Long Island Bus subsidiary. |
May 3 NYPA announces it will use cleaning products that are biodegradable and low in toxicity. |
May 23 The state’s 51 municipal and rural electric cooperative systems become eligible for NYPA’s Statewide Energy Services Program. |
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| June 26 Leonard Spano becomes a NYPA Trustee. |
August 11-12 First Annual St. Lawrence River Power Dam Jam is held at Hawkins Point Visitors Center in Massena, under NYPA sponsorship. |
August 25-27 NYPA sponsors annual Lewiston Jazz Festival. |
August 24-Sept. 4 New York State Fair in Syracuse includes NYPA “clean and green” exhibit. |
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| Sept. 3 NYPA co-sponsors 18th annual ECOFEST in New York City to promote awareness of urban and global environmental issues. |
Sept. 14 Power Authority displays DaimlerChrysler Sprinter Van, latest plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle technology. |
Sept. 23 Wildlife Festivals to promote environmental awareness are conducted at or near three NYPA facilities around state. |
Sept. 25 Power Authority announces that total investment in energy-efficiency and other clean energy initiatives surpasses $1 billion. |
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| Sept. 25 Four-year modernization and life extension of Blenheim-Gilboa power project begins. |
Sept. 25-26 Several NYPA “green” initiatives exhibited at Empire Energy & Environmental Exposition in Syracuse. |
October 4 $21 million demonstration project to fuel hydrogen vehicles announced. |
October 12 $5.7 million energy-efficiency initiative announced for Winter Olympic facilities at Lake Placid. |
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| November 28 Trustees add $50 million to financing of energy-efficiency and clean-energy initiatives undertaken by NYPA’s customers, bringing the total funds available to $400 million. |
December 20 NYPA is named recipient of LEED Gold-EB environmental award from United States Green Building Council for work at its White Plains building. |
December 26 NYPA announces new record for investment in energy-efficiency and clean-energy projects in one year. |
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