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New York Power Authority
TypeNew York state authority
IndustryPower generation
Founded1931; 95 years ago (1931)
FounderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Headquarters
White Plains
,
United States
Key peopleJustin Driscoll – President and CEO
ProductsElectricity generation
OwnerState of New York
Websitenypa.gov

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is a public benefit corporation owned by the State of New York and is the largest state public power utility in the United States. It operates 17 generating facilities and more than 1,550 circuit-miles of transmission lines; 80% of the distributed power is renewable clean energy from hydroelectric sources.[1] Its main administrative offices are in White Plains, New York.

NYPA uses no state tax dollars and incurs no state debt, financing its projects principally through the sale of bonds. The bonds are repaid and the projects operated using revenues from operations.

State and federal regulations determine NYPA’s customer base, which includes large and small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, public power systems and government agencies. NYPA also sells electricity to private utilities for resale (without profit) to their customers, and to neighboring states[which?], under federal requirements.

The New York Power Authority has been financially responsible for the New York State Canal Corporation since April 2016 and has owned it since January 1, 2017.[2] Conflicts of interest and lax accounting were an issue in 2009 and 2010 under former CEO Richard Kessel.[3] Investigations into bid rigging and fraud among suppliers lead to convictions for tax fraud in 2016.[4] Development of new power generation has lagged. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pushed it to get into the construction and management of renewable, clean energy power generation projects.[5][6]

Justin Driscoll has been the president and CEO since July 2023 and was previously acting president and CEO.[7]

Organization

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The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is a New York State public-benefit corporation, governed by a seven‑member board of trustees with a CEO-led management team.[8][9] The Board of Trustees is appointed by the governor of New York with the advice and consent of the State Senate.[8][10]

Trustees serve five‑year terms and typically sit on standing committees, including Audit, Governance, Finance, and Risk and Resiliency.[8][11] Each committee comprises at least three independent board members with relevant expertise.[12]

As of 2026, the Board of Trustees consists of the following members:[11]

  • John R. Koelmel (Chair)
  • Michael J. Cusick
  • Bethaida González
  • Cecily L. Morris
  • Dennis G. Trainor
  • Lewis M. Warren, Jr.
  • Laurie Wheelock

NYPA also interacts with specialized allocation or advisory boards such as the Northern New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board, whose members are appointed under separate statutory criteria but tied to NYPA power proceeds,[13] which are funds generated from the sale of unused hydropower from NYPA's Niagara and St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt power projects.[14][13]

Day‑to‑day operations are run by a president and chief executive officer who reports to the board.[9] As of 2026, Justin E. Driscoll is president and CEO.[11]

The New York Power Authority also oversees specialized subsidiaries. NYPA owns the New York State Canal Corporation, a separate public-benefit corporation responsible for operating and maintaining the state’s canal system.[15][16] NYPA became financially responsible in 2016 and the owner as of January 1, 2017.[15] Another subsidiary, the New York Renewable Energy Development Holdings Corporation, was established following the approval of the 2023-24 New York enacted state budget to develop, construct, and operate new renewable energy projects.[17]

Operations

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The New York Power Authority owns and operates hydroelectric,[18] pumped-storage hydroelectric,[19] and open and combined cycle gas turbine power plants,[20][21] as well as battery electric storage facilities.[22] The NYPA has committed to retiring all fossil fuel units by 2035.[23] Following state law, NYPA must retire all gas-fired peaking power plants by 2035 unless they must be kept for reliability.[24]

In the 2024 fiscal year state budget the NYPA was directed to develop utility-scale renewable energy generating facilities.[25] In 2025, Gov. Hochul asked NYPA to develop a new nuclear project that would deliver at least 1 gigawatt of advanced nuclear generation.[26]

Power produced by NYPA is sold to municipal utilities,[27] large and small businesses,[28] not-for-profit organizations,[28] government agencies,[29] private utilities for resale without profit to their customers,[30] and utilities in neighboring states[27] under federal requirements.[30] Power is also sold into the wholesale electricity market of New York State, which is administered by the New York Independent System Operator.[31] Among NYPA's largest direct sales customers are the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the City of New York, and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.[32]

Facilities

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Power Generation Facilities

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Name Type Capacity (MWe)[33] Location Year of commission
Niagara Power Project – Lewiston Pumped Storage Pumped Storage Hydro 240 Lewiston 1961
Niagara Power Project – Moses Niagara Power Dam Hydro 2860 Lewiston 1961
St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project Hydro 1088 Massena 1958
Blenhein-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project Pumped Storage Hydro 1160 Gilboa 1973
Ashokan Project Hydro 4.6 Shokan 1982
Cresecent Plant Hydro 11.6 Crescent 1991
Gregory B. Jarvis Plant Hydro 9 Hinckley 1994
Vischer Ferry Plant Hydro 11.6 Vischer Ferry 1991
Grahamsville Hydro 18 Grahmsville 1956
Neversink Hydro 25 Grahmsville 1953
North Country ESR Battery Storage 20 Chateaugay 2023
Gowanus 5&6[a] Gas Turbine 94 Brooklyn 2001
Kent[a] Gas Turbine 47 Brooklyn 2001
Pouch[a] Gas Turbine 47 Staten Island 2001
Hellgate[a] Gas Turbine 94 Bronx 2001
Harlem River[a] Gas Turbine 94 Bronx 2001
Vernon Boulevard[a] Gas Turbine 94 Queens 2001
Brentwood[a] Gas Turbine 47 Brentwood 2001
Astoria Combined Cycle CCGT 576 Queens 2006
Astoria Energy II[b] CCGT 660 Queens 2011
Richard M. Flynn CCGT 170 Holtsville 1994
Greenport Fuel Oil Internal Combustion 6.8 Greenport 1957
Plants under development
Name Type Capacity (MWe) Location
Somers Solar Solar PV 20[36] Fort Edward
North Albany Landfill Solar PV 1.5[37] Albany
Planned nuclear power plant Nuclear 1000+[38] Upstate New York
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Planned for closure by 2030 provided certain environmental and grid reliability criteria are fulfilled. Following closure, the NYPA may develop a battery storage facility at this location.[34]
  2. ↑ Owned by Astoria Energy II LLC; the NYPA contracts for 100% of its output.[35]
Map
NYPA Gas Power Plants

Electric transmission lines

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The hub of NYPA’s statewide power transmission facilities is the Frederick R. Clark Energy Center, in Marcy, New York.[39] NYPA owns and operates approximately 1,550 circuit miles of high-voltage transmission lines,[1] including a 765-kilovolt (kV) line that stretches more than 100 miles from the Canada–United States border to the Clark Energy Center and almost 1,000 miles of 345-kV power lines that crisscross New York State, including the Marcy South line and a 26.3 mi (42.3 km) transmission project that follows an underground and underwater path from Westchester County to Long Island.[40]

In 2026, NYPA completed the Smart Path Connect project, which involved rebuilding 100 miles of transmission lines and adding new substations. The improvements enabled the flow of more renewable energy across New York State.[41][42]

New York State Canal Corporation

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The New York Power Authority has been financially responsible for the New York State Canal Corporation since April 2016 and has owned it since January 1, 2017.[2]

History

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Then-Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Power Authority Act into law on April 27, 1931 that established the Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY); the name was later changed to New York Power Authority (NYPA). Leland Olds headed the authority from 1931 to 1939.[43]

St. Lawrence Power Project

St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project

The International Joint Commission granted its approval for a cross-border construction project in 1952. In 1953, the Federal Power Commission issued a license for NYPA to develop the U.S. portion of a power dam crossing the Canada–US border. On May 13, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation that cleared the way for construction of both a hydroelectric facility and the St. Lawrence Seaway. First power was achieved in July 1958, and on June 27, 1959, Queen Elizabeth II and Vice President Richard M. Nixon formally dedicated the St. Lawrence Project as a symbol of international cooperation. In 1981, NYPA’s half of the cross-border power dam was renamed the St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project in honor of the man who founded the Power Authority half a century earlier.

Niagara Power Project

Niagara Power Vista

In 1956, a rockslide destroyed most of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's Schoellkopf hydropower plant, resulting in a power shortage that endangered thousands of local manufacturing jobs. In response to the emergency, Congress passed the Niagara Redevelopment Act in 1957. After obtaining a license from the Federal Power Commission, Robert Moses commenced work on NYPA’s second hydroelectric generating station in early 1958. When it was completed, three years later, the Niagara Power Project was the largest facility of its kind in the Western world. In a recorded message broadcast February 10, 1961, to mark first power, President John F. Kennedy called the Niagara project “an outstanding engineering achievement” and an “example to the world of North American efficiency and determination.”

Blenheim-Gilboa Power Project

Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project
Legislation signed by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1968 allowed NYPA to expand its generation assets and build nuclear and pumped storage power projects. This led to construction of the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project, which produced electricity for the first time in July 1973, and the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (named after a NYPA chairman), in Scriba, Oswego County, where power was first generated in February 1975.

Expanded Authority

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The NYPA was newly authorized in the 2023-2024 state budget to develop, own, and operate renewable energy facilities which help meet the state's clean energy goals.[44] A 20MW solar installation in Fort Edward[36] and a 1.5MW solar facility in Albany[37] were the first facilities announced under this expanded authority and are currently under development.

List of chairs of the New York Power Authority

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Francis Patrick Walsh, 1931–1939.
James Cummings Bonbright, 1939–1946.[45]
Maj.-Gen. Francis Bowditch Wilby, 1946–1950.[46]
John Edward Burton, 1950–1954.[47]
Robert Moses, 1954–1963.
James A. FitzPatrick, 1963–1977.[48]
Frederick R. Clark, 1977–1979.[49]
John Stuart Dyson, 1979–1985.
Richard M. Flynn, 1985–1994.[50]
Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., 1995–2001.
Joseph J. Seymour, 2001–2002, 2005–2006
Louis P. Ciminelli, 2002–2006.
Frank S. McCullough Jr., 2006–2008.
Michael J. Townsend, 2008–2012.
John R. Koelmel, 2012.
Gil C. Quiniones, 2012–2021.[51]
Justin Driscoll, 2022–Present.

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "About Us". Nypa.gov. Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  2. 1 2 "N.Y. Power Authority to Assume Ownership of Canal Corporation on New Year's Day". New York Power Authority. January 2, 2017. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Inspector General's Investigation into Allegations of Ethical Lapses at New York Power Authority Results in Strengthened Ethics Standards and Financial Controls". Office of the Inspector General. Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Fourth Individual Charged in Ongoing New York Power Authority Procurement Fraud Investigation". Justice.gov (Press release). U.S. Department of Justice. June 3, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2026.
  5. ↑ Harris, Lee. "Hochul and Senate Clash on Public Power, With Utility Workers on…". New York Focus. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  6. ↑ "A year in, New York's pioneering public power law makes uneven…". Canary Media. May 3, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Socialists wanted him to resign. They lost". POLITICO.
  8. 1 2 3 "Power Authority of the State of New York: Section 1003". New York State Senate. The authority shall consist of seven trustees, five of whom shall serve respectively for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, to be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The sixth and seventh trustees shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall serve initial terms of one and two years respectively.
  9. 1 2 "Power Authority of the State of New York: Section 1004". New York State Senate. The trustees shall choose from among their own number a chairman and vice-chairman. They shall select such officers and employees, including a chief executive officer whose appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the senate in accordance with section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this chapter, and such engineering, marketing and legal officers and employees, as they may require for the performance of their duties and shall prescribe the duties and compensation of each officer and employee.
  10. ↑ "XVI.3.F Public Benefit Corporations". New York State Comptroller. The NYPA was created by legislative enactment in 1931 as a corporate instrumentality of the State. Its purpose is to improve the Niagara and St. Lawrence Rivers for commerce and navigation, develop the hydro-electric power resources of these rivers and enhance and preserve the scenic beauty of the Niagara Falls and the rivers in the interests of the citizens of New York State. The scope of services provided has been expanded as the Authority sells power to over 40 municipal and cooperatively-owned utilities in New York, as well as numerous private concerns. A seven-member Board of Trustees directs the operations of NYPA, each of whom is appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. As noted below, effective January 1, 2017, the New York State Canal Corporation, which operates the 524-mile New York State Canal System, became a subsidiary of NYPA.
  11. 1 2 3 "Trustees". New York Power Authority. Retrieved April 9, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Karen Delince, Vice President and Corporate Secretary of New York Power Authority, written statement" (Document). Legislative commission on the future of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA). NYPA trustees typically sit on one or more of the following committees: Audit, Governance, Finance, Risk and Resiliency. All the committees are comprised of not less than 3 independent Board members who possess the necessary skills to understand the duties and functions of the Committees.
  13. 1 2 "Northern NY Power Proceeds Allocation Board". New York Power Authority.
  14. ↑ "Western NY Power Proceeds Allocation Board". New York Power Authority.
  15. 1 2 "Power Authority of the State of New York". New York State Archives. The Power Authority became financially responsible for the New York State Canal Corporation in 2016. On January 1, 2017, the Power Authority officially gained ownership of the Canal Corporation and became responsible for the management and maintenance of the state's canal system.
  16. ↑ "Power Authority of the State of New York: Section 1005-B". New York State Senate. The public benefit corporation known as the "New York state canal corporation" (hereinafter referred to as the "canal corporation") created as a subsidiary corporation of the New York state thruway authority pursuant to chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-two is hereby continued and reconstituted as a subsidiary corporation of the authority and shall have only the power to operate, maintain, construct, reconstruct, improve, develop, finance, and promote all of the canals, canal lands, feeder canals, reservoirs, canal terminals, canal terminal lands and other property under the jurisdiction of the canal corporation pursuant to article one-A of the canal law (hereinafter referred to as the "canal system").
  17. ↑ Paul Ciampoli (March 28, 2025). "N.Y. Governor Announces NYPA's First Renewable Energy Project Under Expanded Authority". American Public Power Association.
  18. ↑ "Power Authority of the State of New York". New York State Archives.
  19. ↑ "Pumped storage powers up for New York summer". International Water Power. August 11, 2009.
  20. ↑ Sonal C. Patel (September 26, 2022). "NYPA, GE Successfully Pilot Hydrogen Retrofit at Aeroderivative Gas Turbine". Power. Access Intelligence.
  21. ↑ "Power plant profile: NYPA Astoria Combined Cycle Power Plant, US". Power Technology. GlobalData Plc. October 21, 2024.
  22. ↑ Paul Ciampoli (August 27, 2023). "NYPA Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Project is Now Operating". American Public Power Association.
  23. ↑ "NYPA Renewables Updated Strategic Plan". NYPA.gov. New York Power Authority. July 29, 2025. p. 10. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  24. ↑ Samantha Maldonado (December 16, 2025). "State Energy Plan Undermines Emissions Goals and NYC, Experts Say". The City.
  25. ↑ Stephen Singer (May 4, 2023). "New York Power Authority given broad authority to own, operate, build and finance renewable energy projects". Utility Dive. TechTarget.
  26. ↑ Marie J. French (June 23, 2025). "New York goes nuclear — again". Politico.
  27. 1 2 "Research Update: New York State Power Authority 'AA' Senior Revenue Bond Rating Affirmed; Outlook Stable". S&P Global. July 23, 2026. NYPA is a corporate municipal instrumentality and political subdivision of New York State. It sells wholesale electricity primarily to municipal utilities, governmental entities, large industrial and commercial customers, investor-owned utilities, and utilities in neighboring states.
  28. 1 2 "NYPA - General Large customers". NYC Open Data. New York City Office of Technology and Innovation. July 22, 2026. The Authority's customer base includes large and small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, community-owned electric systems and rural electric cooperatives and government entities.
  29. ↑ Robert Walton (January 3, 2024). "NYPA explores partnering with private sector to develop, own renewables and batteries". Utility Dive. Informa TechTarget. The utility primarily serves local and state government entities, and municipal and rural cooperative electric systems[.]
  30. 1 2 New York Power Authority (NYPA) 2012 Annual Report. New York Power Authority. 2012. NYPA provides lower-cost power to government agencies; to municipally owned and rural cooperation electric systems; to job-producing companies and non-profit organizations; to private utilities for resale - without profit - to their customers; and to neighboring states; under federal requirements.
  31. ↑ Stephen Singer (April 3, 2023). "NY moves toward public ownership, operation of renewable power in budget negotiated by state leaders". Utility Dive. Informa TechTarget. NYPA provides electricity to institutional consumers, municipalities, businesses and other entities and sells power to the market managed by New York ISO.
  32. ↑ "Fitch Affirms New York Power Authority Bonds at 'AA'; Outlook Stable". Fitch Ratings. September 4, 2025.
  33. ↑ "2024 Load and Capacity Data". New York ISO. Table III-2a. Retrieved May 18, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  34. ↑ "Small Natural Gas Power Plant Transition Plan" (PDF). NYPA.gov. New York Power Authority. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  35. ↑ "NYPA Generating Facilities". NYPA.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
  36. 1 2 "Governor Hochul Announces New York Power Authority's First Renewable Energy Project Under Expanded Authority". Governor's Press Office. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  37. 1 2 "Governor Hochul Announces New York Power Authority and City of Albany To Co-Develop 1.5 Mw Solar Project Atop North Albany Landfill". NYPA Press Release. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  38. ↑ "Governor Hochul Directs New York Power Authority To Develop a Zero-Emission Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology Power Plant". NYPA Press Release. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  39. ↑ "New York State Museum of Energy completed". New York Real Estate Journal. June 1, 2021. Named after former NYPA chairman John Dyson, the new facility is affiliated with NYPA's Frederick Clark Energy Center — the hub of its statewide power transmission control center located in Marcy.
  40. ↑ "Timeline". www.nypa.gov. Retrieved September 3, 2026.
  41. ↑ Thomas Cafarella (June 25, 2026). "New York completes $1.5 billion electric grid project". WWNY-TV.
  42. ↑ Alex Gault (June 22, 2026). "Smart Path Connect transmission line completed". NNY360.
  43. ↑ "Leland Olds, 1890–1960" (PDF). Gale Group. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  44. ↑ "NYPA Renewables Strategic Plan" (PDF). New York Power Authority. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  45. ↑ "James C. Bonbright papers, 1921–1983".
  46. ↑ "Officers of the US Army 1939–1945 – W".
  47. ↑ "The Political Graveyard: Economist Politicians".
  48. ↑ Uhlig, Mark A. (February 14, 1988). "James FitzPatrick, 71, Ex-Head of Power Agency and Lawmaker". The New York Times.
  49. ↑ "NY Power Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Clark Energy Center". ElectricNet. September 12, 2005.
  50. ↑ McFadden, Robert D. (November 21, 1993). "Power Authority Head Quits After Months of Criticism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  51. ↑ "NYPA Board of Trustees appoint Driscoll as new president, CEO". NNY360. July 27, 2022.
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