Saving Money, Megawatts and the Environment

The New York Power Authority, one of the nation's top producers of clean, low-cost electricity, is also leading the way with award-winning energy-efficiency programs, innovative energy technologies and varied clean transportation initiatives.

With energy demand—and the need for new power plants—on the rise in today's digital economy, conserving electricity has become an important option for holding down costs and protecting the environment. We at NYPA are working to meet those objectives through an ambitious energy-efficiency effort at public facilities throughout the state, reducing taxpayer costs by tens of millions of dollars a year and improving air quality.

In 2007, we invested a record $120 million in energy efficiency work, bringing our total investment in these programs to $1.02 billion. Our nearly 1,600 programs save enough electricity to meet the needs of more than 300,000 New Yorkers. The reduced energy use avoids the release of more than 800,000 tons of greenhouse gases and other pollutants into the environment.

Leading by example, we made energy efficiency upgrades to our Clarence D. Rappleyea building in White Plains aimed at improving energy efficiency at state-owned buildings which reduced the buildings energy consumption by more than 50 percent.  In 2006, we made additional upgrades which earned it a Gold rating for existing buildings in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification process administered by the U.S. Green Building Council.

This project and our other energy efficiency work have laid the groundwork to help achieve New York's ambitious '15 by '15 plan to cut energy use by 15 percent by 2015.

As part of our commitment to the environment, we're also tapping the potential of clean-energy technologies. NYPA is in the forefront of efforts to demonstrate practical uses of solar photovoltaic systems, capturing energy in sunlight...fuel cell power plants, which produce virtually pollution-free electricity without combustion...pioneering transmission improvements that will permit more power to flow over the state grid without construction of new lines...and clean electric-drive vehicles.

Learn more about our far-ranging efforts to same money, megawatts and the environment through energy conservation and promote the development and use of emerging energy technologies and clean transportation:

• Clean Transportation

• New Technologies

• Energy Services

Who we are:

• Introduction

• Mission Statement

• History

• Commitment to the Environment

• Energy Services

• Management

• Organization Chart (you will be prompted to download ActiveX plugin in order to view charts)

• Code of Conduct (code is currently under revision and will be reposted with updated information after necessary approvals are obtained)

• Documents and Reports

News:

October 4, 2008 - Larchmont Receives its First Electric Vehicle through NY Power Authority's Green Zones Program

July 7, 2008 - Mayor Bloomberg Announces Long-Term Plan to Reduce Municipal Energy Consumption (NYC Mayoral Press Release)