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Hybrid Cars to be Featured at Blenheim-Gilboa Event Contact: June 11, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH BLENHEIM—The admission-free visitors center at the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project will play host to a clean transportation technology demonstration, featuring hybrid-electric vehicles, on Tuesday, June 19 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The demonstration and information session will be conducted by John Markowitz, an electric transportation engineer at the Power Authority. NYPA hybrid vehicles will be on display. NYPA’s clean transportation program helps to improve air quality and lessen dependence on foreign oil. The Authority has helped to put about 850 electric and hybrid-electric vehicles in service in its fleet and those of others. These vehicles have traveled more than 6.5 million miles, eliminating the use of 21,000 barrels of oil. The Blenheim-Gilboa visitors center is located on Route 30, 17 miles south of Middleburgh and five miles north of Grand Gorge. For more information, please call 1-800-724-0309. 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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