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Power Authority Staff Members to Discuss Blenheim-Gilboa Work Contact: May 7, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH BLENHEIM—Staff members from the New York Power Authority’s Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project will discuss the project’s Life Extension and Modernization program at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, at the Mary Beatrice Cushing Library on Bridge Street in the Village of Schoharie. Lynn Hait, maintenance resource management superintendent, and Steve Ramsey, community relations manager, will present the program. The Blenheim-Gilboa project, in service since 1973, is undergoing a multiyear Life Extension and Modernization Program that started in September 2006. The program, scheduled for completion in 2010, will enable the project to operate at maximum efficiency for many years to come. For more information on the May 10 program, please call 518 295-7127. About NYPA: ■ NYPA uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy-efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility, with 18 generating facilities in various parts of the state and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. |
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