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BUFFALO: Purchasing Exchange to Promote Supplier Diversity— The Power
Authority's Supplier Diversity Program will present its first-ever
purchasing exchange for minority- and women-owned businesses in Western New
York on Oct. 1. The event, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo from noon
to 4 p.m., will bring together large corporations and government agencies
with firms owned by women and/or minorities. NYPA has held similar
purchasing exchanges in its White Plains offices for the last 13 years and
last year arranged its first upstate purchasing exchange, in Utica, in an
effort to expand opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses
throughout the state. The Power Authority has conducted more than $350
million worth of business with such firms since 1983. The Buffalo event is
free of charge, but preregistration is required. To learn more, call Debra
White at (914) 681-6976, send an e-mail to her at
Debra.White@nypa.gov or
visit
http://www.nypa.gov/SDP/default.htm LAKE PLACID: Zeltmann Cites Need to Restore Faith in Grid—NYPA President and Chief Executive Officer Eugene Zeltmann briefed CEOs of the Large Public Power Council (LPPC) on Sept. 14 on the August blackout and the significant role played by the Power Authority’s hydropower projects and New York City generating facilities in the Empire State’s recovery. He noted that “restoring power was just the first step. We must now dedicate ourselves to restoring public confidence in the electric power system.” The LPPC, comprising 24 of the nation’s largest state and locally owned power systems, works to develop and advance consumer-oriented positions on national energy issues. ALEXANDRIA BAY: Municipal Systems Urged to Save Energy— Power Authority President and Chief Executive Officer Eugene Zeltmann urged the state's municipal electric systems on Sept. 9 to work with NYPA to carry out expanded energy-efficiency programs in their service territories. "Energy efficiency makes sense, in your system operations and for your customers," Zeltmann said in a speech at the state Municipal Electric Utilities Association's (MEUA) 73rd annual conference. "Give us your ideas and tell us how we can help you rededicate yourselves to this essential objective." Zeltmann said last month's blackout had underscored the need to assure a reliable power supply by strengthening the transmission system, building clean new power plants and acting aggressively to conserve energy. He said a recent agreement between NYPA and the MEUA provides the foundation for expanded cooperation to create new jobs, promote the use of clean electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, and implement energy-efficiency measures in the municipal systems' territories. WHITE PLAINS: Speakers Bureau Moves Into New Territory—If you're looking for a speaker for your next meeting, the Power Authority's Speakers Bureau covers a broad range of interesting topics—everything from news on NYPA facilities in your neighborhood to an overview of the electric utility industry. Starting this fall, Speakers Bureau representatives will be available for meetings in Putnam, Orange and Rockland counties. The program will continue to be offered in other downstate areas, in New York City and Westchester County and on Long Island. The Power Authority also operates speakers bureaus in Central, Northern and Western New York in areas around NYPA projects. To schedule a speaker on what the Authority is doing to meet energy challenges in your area, call Maryann Falls, speakers bureau manager at (914) 390-8173. BROOKLYN: New York Transit Museum Gets Back on Track—The nation's largest urban transportation museum reopened on Sept. 16 after extensive renovations, aided in part by Power Authority funding for a Clearing the Air exhibit, an interactive series of displays on the evolution of fuel technologies and New York City Transit's moves to curb harmful emissions. The museum, which is home to a century of transit lore, memorabilia, galleries and interactive exhibits, includes more than 50 detailed models of trolleys and subway cars to thrill straphangers, art lovers, history enthusiasts and kids of all ages. Photos, cartoons, newspaper clips and historical maps tell the story of the largest mass transit network in North America, which runs on low-cost Power Authority electricity. It's all at the corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights. For more information, visit www.mta.info/museum MASSENA: Educational Outreach Programs Go Back to School— The visitors center at NYPA's St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project remains closed to the public because of security concerns, but North Country schoolchildren continue to benefit from educational outreach programs brought directly to their classrooms. With the start of a new school year, the Community Relations staff at the project is gearing up for presentations of a Basics of Electricity program, designed to complement the science syllabus for fourth graders. The hour long program includes a virtual tour of the St. Lawrence-FDR project through a slide show and a "hair-raising" hands-on encounter with a portable van de graaff generator. To arrange for a program in the North Country, call Carol Simpson, community relations representative, at (315) 764-0226, extension 304. The Power Authority conducts similar school programs from the visitors centers at its Niagara Power Project in Lewiston and Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project in North Blenheim. STONY POINT: NYPA Speakers, Exhibit Boost Energy Expo— More than 50 exhibitors and a crowd of more than 350 gathered on the scenic grounds of the Bear Mountain Inn and State Park on Sept. 12 and 13 for the first annual ReCharge Energy Exposition and Conference, co-sponsored by the Power Authority. The two days of displays, demonstrations and discussions included presentations and an exhibit on resources NYPA can provide in the areas of clean energy development, combined heat-and-power technologies and electric transportation options. A Sept. 12 conference attracted some of the nation's largest providers of solar, wind and fuel-cell technologies, and electric-drive-transportation specialists. Pace University organized the event, with major support from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. In the Community: The Niagara Power Project's visitors center was scheduled to play host to a tour and luncheon for the Military Veterans Association of New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Lewiston, Sept. 19….More than 1,000 walkers participated in the American Heart Association's 5K Heart Walk, co-sponsored by the Power Authority, Lewiston, Sept. 13…A Power Authority electric vehicle took part in the Lewiston Kiwanis Peach Festival parade, Sept. 6….The Power Authority will permit bowhunting for deer on limited areas of its Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project, North Blenheim, from Oct. 15 through Dec. 14. An exam required for proficiency certification was held on Sept. 11 and 15. A hundred permits were scheduled to be issued via a lottery drawing on Sept. 23. |