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Power Authority Awards Contracts Totaling More Than $4 Million to Two Northern New York Firms Contact: July 28, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MASSENA—New York Power Authority (NYPA) President and Chief Executive Officer Richard M. Kessel today announced the competitive award of two contracts to firms in Northern New York, totaling more than $4 million. The work that the companies will conduct is in support of the Wilson Hill Wildlife Management Area at the St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project and other recreational and habitat improvement projects in the area. “These contracts will not only provide key services to the Wilson Hill Wildlife Management Area at NYPA’s St. Lawrence project, they will also promote Northern New York business activity,” Kessel said. “The action taken by our Board of Trustees today is a further example of the Power Authority’s efforts in stimulating the North Country’s economy. Over the last several years, NYPA has awarded a number of contracts to local firms and we look forward to continuing that practice in the future.” The contracts were awarded to Perras Excavating of Massena, for work within the Wilson Hill Wildlife Management Area, and Bernier Carr and Associates of Watertown, for construction management services. Perras Excavating was awarded a contract of approximately $3.2 million for work installing a new dike with a water control structure to separate two wildlife ponds. The contractor will also provide a new pump house to enhance water level control in the ponds throughout the Wilson Hill Wildlife Management Area. Bernier Carr and Associates was awarded a contract of approximately $1 million to oversee the construction of new recreational facilities and habitat improvement projects in the St. Lawrence-FDR project area—including the work at Wilson Hill Wildlife Management Area being performed by Perras Excavating—and stabilize areas of the St. Lawrence project shoreline. In late 2003, the NYPA Trustees authorized a total
of $169 million for expenditures relating to compliance with the new
federal operating license at the St. Lawrence-FDR project, which
includes the costs of construction management for recreational and
environmental projects.
■ The New York Power Authority 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 New York State and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. ■ About 75 percent of the electricity it produces is clean renewable hydropower. Its lower-cost power production and electricity purchases support hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the state. ■ For more information, www.nypa.gov.
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