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Power Authority Staff Members Give Presentation On Blenheim-Gilboa Work Contact: August 8, 2007 For Immediate Release NORTH BLENHEIM—Staff members from the New York Power Authority’s Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power project will give a presentation on the project’s Life Extension and Modernization program at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 21, at the Middleburgh Library on Main Street in the Village of Middleburgh. There will be a Q&A for those in attendance afterwards. 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. The Blenheim-Gilboa visitors center will be open each day as usual from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center features a wide range of hands-on exhibits on such subjects as Basics of Electricity, Uses of Electricity and the operation of the Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project. The visitors center is located on Route 30, 17 miles south of Middleburgh and five miles north of Grand Gorge. For more information on the August 21 program, please call 518-827-5142.
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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
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