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New York Power Authority Announces Holiday Schedule at Visitors Center Contact: December 14, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH BLENHEIM—The New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) admission-free visitors center at the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project will be open daily throughout the holiday season from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except for Dec. 24, 25, 31 and Jan. 1. The center, housed in a refurbished 19th-century dairy barn, features interactive exhibits on such subjects as electricity production, operation of the Blenheim-Gilboa project and energy efficiency. Visitors can also enjoy the more than 15 evergreens decorated in a variety of holiday themes at the fifth annual Festival of Trees, which continues at the visitors center through Jan. 2 of next year. After the holidays, the center will resume its normal seven-day-a-week operation. The visitors center is located on Route 30, 17 miles south of Middleburgh and five miles north of Grand Gorge. For more information, call 1-800-724-0309 or visit NYPA on the Web at www.nypa.gov. 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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