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New York Power Authority Visitors Center Will Play Host to Children’s Super Bowl Party Contact: January 22, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH BLENHEIM—The New York Power Authority’s admission-free visitors center at the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project will play host to a children’s party on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3, at 1 p.m. The free event will feature a showing of the movie “Little Giants” (1994) in the visitors center theater. The film is a story about two brothers who find themselves at odds when they coach opposing peewee football teams. Free refreshments will be available. Moviegoers are also invited to enjoy a wide array of hands-on exhibits at the visitors center, which presents information on such subjects as basics of electricity, uses of electricity and the operation of the power project. The visitors center will be open as usual from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 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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