ALBANY: Carey Named NYPA Chief Operating Officer— Timothy Carey, former head of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), has been named NYPA’s chief operating officer. “As a member of the Power Authority board over the last five years, Tim has a deep appreciation of the value our organization brings for electricity-service reliability, economic development, clean air and energy diversity,” said NYPA President Eugene Zeltmann in announcing the appointment, which became effective in late September. “I look forward to working closely with Tim over the next several months in anticipation of my retirement in early 2006,” Zeltmann said. Carey had served as a board member of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. He formerly was chairman and executive director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board, and served on the Westchester County Board of Legislators. He currently is chairman of the Westchester Community College Board of Trustees.

MASSENA: Funding Set For North Country High-Tech Startups— Power Authority trustees have approved the reallocation of $10 million to create a new economic development fund for the North Country. The money, originally set aside for construction of an aquarium along the St. Lawrence River, will instead be added to $20 million to be raised through private investment to develop new technology businesses and create jobs. The plan, endorsed by Gov. George Pataki and state lawmakers from the North Country, will include NYPA’s contribution to the local not-for-profit Private Equity Fund Consortium. The consortium will invest in Golden Technology Management, a fund management firm that will raise the additional capital to launch start-up businesses engaged in work related to energy independence and environmental sustainability. NYPA Chairman Joseph Seymour called the public-private initiative “a logical extension of our role in supporting jobs at Massena industries with the low-cost power generated at our St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project.”

NEW YORK CITY: Hospital Cuts Energy Costs by $450,000— The Bronx’s largest public hospital, Jacobi Medical Center, with more than 1,000 beds, was operating with four 40-year-old boilers when Power Authority crews began a major upgrade in the spring of 2004. The inefficient units burned high-emission #6 oil and required frequent repairs to ensure proper heating for a 1.4 million-square-foot complex serving 1.2 million area residents. NYPA installed two boilers on the roof of Jacobi’s ambulatory care pavilion; two boilers in the staff house basement; two boilers in the storehouse basement; and gas-fired hot-water heaters at two locations. NYPA provided new gas service to all boilers, which now also run on cleaner #2 fuel oil, and installed fuel oil storage tanks in the staff houses and storehouses. Jacobi gains state-of-the-art combustion efficiency; decreased fuel consumption, saving $450,000 annually; less maintenance and greater reliability, with greatly reduced emissions. The $4.3 million project was completed nearly $530,000 under budget.

NIAGARA FALLS: NYPA Staffer Honored at YWCA Dinner— Anne Dykstra, a staff photographer at the Power Authority's Niagara Power Project, was honored as a finalist in the annual Niagara Awards: Tribute to Women dinner held at the Niagara Falls Conference Center in late September. Since 1997 the Niagara County YWCA has held the annual competition to recognize women who make significant contributions in their chosen fields; demonstrate teamwork, resource management and initiative; volunteer in their communities; and provide assistance to other women. Dykstra, a 27-year NYPA veteran, specializes in industrial and aerial photography and video production at the Niagara project and at NYPA sites around New York state. She is active in volunteer efforts for theater and music programs in the Wilson Central School District, and has been a 4-H leader and instructor for many years. She played a key role in a recent production of a multi-media, 3-D program capturing recollections of the 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo. The award-winning program of century-old images ran for 18 months at the Buffalo-Erie County Historical Society.

NORTH BLENHEIM: Harvest Festival ‘Picture Perfect’ This Year—The sun shone brightly on the sixth annual Schoharie County Harvest Festival, which featured a full day of food, family fun and music on the grounds of NYPA’s Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center on Oct. 1. Sponsored by the Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce, the picture-perfect day drew more than 2,000 festival-goers who were treated to a rhythm and blues band and ARC Flames, a group of developmentally disabled musicians, who brought down the house with their golden oldies and gospel renditions. Irish step-dancing was on the bill along with a “Taste of Schoharie County Dessert Sampler Platter” from local confectioners hoping to walk away with a “best-in-county” designation. There were hayrides for the family, scarecrow making and llama petting for the kids, and handmade arts and crafts for all. New this year was the Blue Ribbon Silent Auction featuring winning projects from the Cobleskill Sunshine Fair and local farm treasures, with proceeds going to local 4-H organizations.

WHITE PLAINS: NYPA’s Annual Report Wins Major Award— NYPA’s 2004 Annual Report, published last spring, has earned an award for excellence in communications and graphic design, continuing a 10-year winning streak. Entitled “Building Energy Partnerships,” the 2004 report won an American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design USA, a national magazine for graphic designers and other creative and production professionals. Since 1995, the communications and marketing services group within NYPA’s Public and Governmental Affairs Department has produced the annual report entirely in-house, including graphic concept, design, photography and editorial content, and has overseen print production. Since then, the Power Authority has achieved one or more awards each year in a variety of communications and graphic design competitions; electronic versions of NYPA’s Annual Report, which first appeared online in 2002, have also been cited for excellence. The Annual Report may be viewed at: www.nypa.gov 

In the Community: More than 28,000 people attended three Wildlife Festivals sponsored by the Power Authority at the Niagara Power Project, Lewiston; the Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project, North Blenheim; and the Deerfield Wilderness Park, Deerfield, Sept. 24-25...About 300 people attended the NYPA-co-sponsored Tri-Lakes Energy Expo, where energy experts spoke to residents and business owners about conservation measures and new technologies, Saranac Lake, Sept. 17...Dave Neary, NYPA safety administrator, and Paul Lebron, maintenance planner and a volunteer firefighter, presented a check to the Maynard Fire Department, one of the first responders in emergencies at NYPA’s Clark Energy Center in Marcy, Oct. 3…Steve Ramsey, community relations manager, spoke to the Young at Heart Senior Citizens, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, on an overview of the Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project, Cobleskill, Sept. 28…Angelo Esposito, senior vice president, gave a presentation on NYPA’s statewide energy services programs at the Quality Communities Roundtable, FDR Presidential Library, Hyde Park, Sept. 22…Employees at the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project, Massena, donated over 1,000 boxes of crayons to 13 regional schools…The Blenheim-Gilboa project’s staff was scheduled to display one of NYPA’s hybrid vehicles in the Middleburgh Fall Festival, Oct. 8.