ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POWER

ALLOCATION BOARD

 

MINUTES

 

December 19, 2006

Video Conference – 10:00 a.m.

 

                New York Power Authority Offices:

123 Main Street, 16th Floor, White Plains, NY

30 South Pearl Street, 10th Floor, Albany, NY

Niagara Power Project, 5777 Lewiston Road, Lewiston, NY

 

 

1.             Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of November 27, 2006

 

2.             Power for Jobs Extended Benefits Recommendations
for Electricity Savings Reimbursements                     

 

A.  COMPANIES IN JOB COMPLIANCE

 

Con Edison - Service Territory

Bank of New York

New York - New York County

 

Charmer Industries, Inc.

Astoria - Queens County

 

Columbia University – Trustees

New York - New York County

 

Edison Price Lighting, Inc.

New York - New York County

 

Greater Jamaica Development Corp.

Jamaica - Queens County

 

Home for Contemporary Theater & Art

New York - New York County

 

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

New York - New York County

 

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Manhasset - Nassau County

 

Manhattan School of Music

New York - New York County

 

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York - New York County

 

New York Presbyterian Hospital

New York - New York County

 

NYU Medical Center

New York - New York County

 

S. R. Guggenheim Museum

New York - New York County

 

The Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn - Kings County

 

Blythedale Children's Hospital

Valhalla - Westchester County

 

 

Long Island Power Authority - Service Territory

 

Ametek Hughes-Treitler

Garden City - Nassau County

 

John Hassall, Inc.

Westbury - Nassau County

North Shore Health System

Manhasset - Nassau County

 

Ultimate Precision Metal

Farmingdale - Suffolk County

 

National Grid - Service Territory

 

Bank of New York

Oriskany - Oneida County

 

Clarkson University

Potsdam - St. Lawrence County

 

Corning, Inc. (Canton)

Canton - St. Lawrence County

 

Edward John Noble Hospital

Gouverneur - St. Lawrence County

 

Fiber Glass Industries Inc.

Amsterdam - Montgomery County

 

Ford Motor Company

Buffalo - Erie County

 

Lewis County General Hospital

Lowville - Lewis County

 

PCI Paper Conversions, Inc.

Syracuse - Onondaga County

 

Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.

Buffalo - Erie County

 

Syracuse University

Syracuse - Onondaga County

 

New York State Electric and Gas – Service Territory

 

Agri-Mark, Inc.

Chateaugay - Franklin County

 

Upstate Farms Cooperative

LeRoy - Erie County

 

 

Rochester Gas & Electric – Service Territory

 

Flower City Printing, Inc.

Rochester - Monroe County

 

UCB Manufacturing Inc.

Rochester - Monroe County

 

 

 

B.  COMPANIES NOT IN JOB COMPLIANCE

 

Con Edison - Service Territory

 

Streamline Plastics Co., Inc.

Bronx - Bronx County

 

 

 

National Grid - Service Territory

 

Cooper Hand Tools

Cortland - Cortland County

 

Cooper Industries

Syracuse - Onondaga County

 

Dodge-Graphic Press Inc.

Utica - Herkimer County

 

Fitzpatrick & Weller, Inc.

Ellicottville - Cattaraugus County

 

Kilian Manufacturing Corporation

Syracuse - Onondaga County

 

Quad Graphics, Inc.

Saratoga Springs - Saratoga County

 

Specialized Packaging Radisson, Inc.

Baldwinsville - Onondaga County

 

Standard Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Troy - Rensselaer County

 

Syracuse Plastics, Inc.

Liverpool - Onondaga County

 

Turbine Engine Components Technologies

Whitesboro - Oneida County

 

New York State Electric and Gas – Service Territory

 

A. T. Reynolds & Sons, Inc.

Kiamesha Lake - Sullivan County

 

Audio Sears

Stamford - Delaware County

 

Endicott Interconnect Technologies

Endicott - Broome County

 

Vail Ballou Press, Inc.

Binghamton - Broome County

 

 

Rochester Gas & Electric – Service Territory

 

Seneca Foods Corporation

Marion - Wayne County

 

 

 

3.             2007 Power for Jobs Extended Benefits
Recommendations for Contract Extensions

 

Long Island Power Authority - Service Territory

 

Deutsch Relays, Inc.

Hauppauge - Suffolk County

 

 

 

 

4.             2007 Power for Jobs Extended Benefits Recommendations
for Electricity Savings Reimbursements                              

 

National Grid - Service Territory

 

Pepsi Bottling Group, LLC

Latham, Ulster County

 

 

 

 

5.             Economic Development Plan for Use of Industrial Incentive Awards

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

6.             Next Meeting

 

 


            A regular meeting of the Economic Development Power Allocation Board was held via video conference at the following participating locations:

 

1)       New York Power Authority, 30 South Pearl Street, Albany NY

2)       New York Power Authority, 123 Main Street, White Plains, NY

3)       Niagara Power Project, 5777 Lewiston Road, Lewiston, NY

 

 

The following Members of the Board were present at the following locations:

Frank S. McCullough, Jr., Chairman (White Plains, NY)

Bernard P. McGarry, Member (Albany, NY)

James A. Duncan, Member, (Lewiston, NY)

 

Kevin S. Corbett, Member (New York, NY) (Excused)

 

Also in attendance were:

Timothy S. Carey                                 President and Chief Executive Officer, NYPA

Thomas J. Kelly                                    Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NYPA

Louise M. Morman                              Senior Vice President – Marketing and Economic Development, NYPA

Thomas H. Warmath                           Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, NYPA

James H. Yates                                     Vice President – Major Account Marketing and Economic Development, NYPA

Anne B. Cahill                                      Corporate Secretary, NYPA

Angela D. Graves                                 Deputy Secretary, NYPA

Joseph C. Carline                                 Assistant General Counsel, NYPA

James F. Pasquale                                Director – Business Power Allocations and Regulation, NYPA

Anthony C. Savino                              Manager – Business Power Allocations and Compliance, NYPA

Mary Jean Frank                                  Associate Corporate Secretary, NYPA

Joseph P. Scotto                                  Senior Communications Engineer, NYPA

Jeffrey Carey                                         Special Assistant to President and Chief Executive Officer, NYPA

Jack Murphy                                         Temporary PR Counsel, NYPA

Dave Robinson                                    Reporter Buffalo News

Michael J. Santarcangelo                    Director – Energy Policy, Empire State Development Corporation

 


1.                   Adoption of Minutes

The minutes of the meeting of November 27, 2006, were unanimously adopted.

 


2.                   Power for Jobs Extended Benefits Recommendations
for Electricity Savings Reimbursements                      

The members of the Board reconsidered the 49 applications for extended benefits recommendations for electricity savings reimbursements listed below for Power for Jobs.  Mr. Pasquale explained that some 69,329 jobs would be impacted.  See Exhibits “2-A” and “2-B.”

The following resolution was unanimously adopted by members of the Board present.

WHEREAS, the following entities have applied for extended benefits recommendations for electricity savings reimbursements under the Power for Jobs program:

COMPANIES IN JOB COMPLIANCE

 

Con Edison - Service Territory

 

Bank of New York

New York - New York County

 

Charmer Industries, Inc.

Astoria - Queens County

 

Columbia University – Trustees

New York - New York County

 

Edison Price Lighting, Inc.

New York - New York County

 

Greater Jamaica Development Corp.

Jamaica - Queens County

 

Home for Contemporary Theater & Art

New York - New York County

 

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

New York - New York County

 

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Manhasset - Nassau County

 

Manhattan School of Music

New York - New York County

 

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York - New York County

 

New York Presbyterian Hospital

New York - New York County

 

NYU Medical Center

New York - New York County

 

S. R. Guggenheim Museum

New York - New York County

 

The Brooklyn Historical Society

Brooklyn - Kings County

 

Blythedale Children's Hospital

Valhalla - Westchester County

 

 

Long Island Power Authority - Service Territory

Ametek Hughes-Treitler

Garden City - Nassau County

 

John Hassall, Inc.

Westbury - Nassau County

North Shore Health System

Manhasset - Nassau County

 

Ultimate Precision Metal

Farmingdale - Suffolk County

                               

National Grid – Service Territory

 

Bank of New York

Oriskany - Oneida County

 

Clarkson University

Potsdam - St. Lawrence County

 

Corning, Inc. (Canton)

Canton - St. Lawrence County

 

Edward John Noble Hospital

Gouverneur - St. Lawrence County

 

Fiber Glass Industries Inc.

Amsterdam - Montgomery County

 

Ford Motor Company

Buffalo - Erie County

 

Lewis County General Hospital

Lowville - Lewis County

 

PCI Paper Conversions, Inc.

Syracuse - Onondaga County

 

Sorrento Lactalis, Inc.

Buffalo - Erie County

 

Syracuse University

Syracuse - Onondaga County

 

New York State Electric and Gas – Service Territory

Agri-Mark, Inc.

Chateaugay - Franklin County

 

Upstate Farms Cooperative

LeRoy - Erie County

 

 

Rochester Gas & Electric – Service Territory

Flower City Printing, Inc.

Rochester - Monroe County

 

UCB Manufacturing Inc.

Rochester - Monroe County

 

 

 

COMPANIES NOT IN JOB COMPLIANCE

 

Con Edison - Service Territory

Streamline Plastics Co., Inc.

Bronx - Bronx County

 

 

 

National Grid - Service Territory

Cooper Hand Tools

Cortland - Cortland County

 

Cooper Industries

Syracuse - Onondaga County

 

Dodge-Graphic Press Inc.

Utica - Herkimer County

 

Fitzpatrick & Weller, Inc.

Ellicottville - Cattaraugus County

 

Kilian Manufacturing Corporation

Syracuse - Onondaga County

 

Quad Graphics, Inc.

Saratoga Springs - Saratoga County

 

Specialized Packaging Radisson, Inc.

Baldwinsville - Onondaga County

 

Standard Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Troy - Rensselaer County

 

Syracuse Plastics, Inc.

Liverpool - Onondaga County

 

Turbine Engine Components Technologies

Whitesboro - Oneida County

 

               

New York State Electric and Gas – Service Territory

A. T. Reynolds & Sons, Inc.

Kiamesha Lake - Sullivan County

 

Audio Sears

Stamford - Delaware County

 

Endicott Interconnect Technologies

Endicott - Broome County

 

Vail Ballou Press, Inc.

Binghamton - Broome County

 

 

Rochester Gas and Electric – Service Territory

Seneca Foods Corporation

Marion - Wayne County

 

 

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Board hereby finds and determines that such applications meet the requirements of the extended benefits provisions of the Power for Jobs legislation contained in Article 6 of the Economic Development Law as amended by Chapter 313 of the Laws of 2005; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Board recommends to the Power Authority of the State of New York the 49 applications for extended benefits recommendations for electricity savings reimbursements discussed herein totaling 69,329 kW until December 31, 2006.



3.                   2007 Power for Jobs Extended Benefits
Recommendations for Contract Extensions 

The members of the Board reconsidered the application for extended benefits recommendations for contract extensions listed below for 2007 Power for Jobs.  Mr. Pasquale explained that some 112 jobs would be impacted.  See Exhibit “3-A.”

The following resolution was unanimously adopted by members of the Board present.

WHEREAS, the following entity has applied for extended benefits recommendations for contract extensions under the 2007 Power for Jobs program:    

 

Long Island Power Authority - Service Territory

Deutsch Relays, Inc.

Hauppauge - Suffolk County

 

 

                               

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Board hereby finds and determines that such application meet the requirements of the extended benefits provisions of the Power for Jobs legislation contained in Article 6 of the Economic Development Law as amended by Chapter 645 of the Laws of 2006; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Board recommends to the Power Authority of the State of New York the application for extended benefits recommendations for contract extensions discussed herein totaling 300 kW until June 30, 2007.

 



4.                   2007 Power for Jobs Extended Benefits Recommendations
for Electricity Savings Reimbursements                               

The members of the Board reconsidered the application for extended benefits recommendations for electricity savings reimbursements listed below for Power for Jobs.  Mr. Pasquale explained that some 356 jobs would be impacted.