Assembled for the successful installation of
the NaS Battery Energy Storage System at the MTA Long Island
Bus depot and offices in Garden City, New York, are the
following project participants, from left:
Patrick Duggan, R&D Project Manager, Con Ed;
Georgianne Peek, Sandia National Laboratories
& U.S. Department of Energy;
Joseph H. Sayer, Senior Project Manager,
Power Systems, New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority (NYSERDA), which contributed $1 million towards
project & previously funded $3.6 million in Natural Gas Buses
for MTA LI Bus;
Joseph J. Smith, Senior Vice President - New
York City Transit Department of Buses, President - MTA Bus,
President - LI Bus;
Elliot G. Sander, Executive Director and
Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Transportation
Authority;
Richard M. Kessel, President and Chief
Executive Officer, New York Power Authority;
Todd Stebbins, the Long Island Power
Authority's Assistant Director for Municipal, Commercial &
Residential Programs - LIPA contributed $300,000 towards
project including interconnection to grid.
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Photo Credits: New York Power Authority
Connie M. Cullen, NYPA
(914) 390-8196
Connie.Cullen@nypa.gov
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