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Media Avisory and Photo Opportunity April 30 at 1p.m. - Culmination of Earth Month ReCharge New York News Conference at International Paper - Ticonderoga Mill
NYPA Contact:
Julieanne Sullivan
(914) 390-8121, cell 914-393-3167
Julieanne.Sullivan@nypa.gov
International Paper Contact:
Donna Wadsworth
(518) 585-5460
donna.wadsworth@ipaper.com
NYSERDA Contact:
Dayle Zaitlin
dez@nyserda.ny.gov
(518) 862-1090 x3359
To culminate Earth Month, representatives of the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and International Paper in Ticonderoga (Essex County) will be joined by state and local officials on Wednesday, April 30, at 1 p.m. to recognize the success of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s ReCharge New York (RNY) power program in the North Country Region and its benefits to the environmentally sustainable manufacturing operations at International Paper.
International Paper’s Ticonderoga Mill produces up to 850 tons/day of paper made from trees harvested in working Adirondack and Vermont forests in accordance with the highest standards of forestry management and sustainable practices. The Mill employs 600 employees with a $51.1 million payroll with an additional 600 to 700 independent loggers and truckers earning their living from mill operations.
Governor Cuomo launched the RNY power program to help businesses and other entities lower their operating costs and spur economic development. The program offers up to seven-year contracts for lower-cost power. Also attending will be members of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council, which provides strategic guidance to state entities charged with leveraging public funding and resources to promote regional economic growth.
View a video of International Paper – Ticonderoga Mill’s manufacturing excellence:
http://download.streamingmediahosting.com/10059/mp/IP_Pre-Event.mp4
WHAT: Benefits of ReCharge NY Program at International Paper – Ticonderoga Mill and other recipients in the North Country region
WHEN: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
TIME: 1 p.m.
WHERE: International Paper - Ticonderoga Mill, 568 Shore Airport Road, Ticonderoga, NY 12883
TOUR: Following the news conference, media will have an opportunity to tour International Paper’s Mill operation.
DIRECTIONS:
From South
From Albany: travel north on Adirondack Northway I-87 to exit 28.
From Exit 28, follow Route 74 to Ticonderoga (approximately 18 miles) to intersection of Routes 74 and 9N/22 (McDonalds’s will be on your right)
Continue straight through intersection.
Take the third left (steep hill), Shore Airport Road and continue for about 2
miles to the main entrance of the mill (large wood sign and planter).
Security will direct you to parking.
From North
From Plattsburgh: travel south on Adirondack Northway I-87 to exit 28
From Exit 28, follow Route 74 to Ticonderoga (approximately 18 miles) to intersection of Routes 74 and 9N/22 (McDonalds’s will be on your right)
Continue straight through intersection.
Take the third left (steep hill), Shore Airport Road and continue for about 2
miles to the main entrance of the mill (large wood sign and planter).
Security will direct you to parking.
NYPA is the nation's largest state public power organization, through the operation of its 16 generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. 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. More than 70 percent of the electricity NYPA produces is clean renewable hydropower. Follow @NYPAenergy on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WordPress, YouTube, and LinkedIn.