NEWS
|
NYPA to Co-Sponsor 19th Annual Ecofest Contact: September 21, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK—The New York Power Authority (NYPA) will co-sponsor the 19th annual Ecofest Environmental Festival on Sunday, September 30 at Lincoln Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The multi-faceted, admission-free environmental event is designed to promote awareness of urban and global environmental issues. A major focus of Ecofest, along with conservation of natural resources, is innovative alternative-energy technologies. NYPA has extensive energy-efficiency programs in place, as well as projects to demonstrate solar energy, fuel cells and other new energy sources. To date, NYPA has completed energy-efficiency
projects at more than 2,600 schools, hospitals, municipal buildings
and other public facilities around the state for energy savings of
more than $100 million a year, reduction in annual greenhouse gas
emissions of approximately 822,000 tons and displacement of more
than 2 million barrels of oil a year. ■ 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. |
|