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Regional Employers in the Energy Field
The following list of energy companies was compiled by the Oswego County Business Magazine for its Business Guide.
ENTERGY NUCLEAR NORTHEAST
Address: 268 Lake Road / P O. Box 110 .
Lycoming, NY 13093
Phone: 342-3840
Fax: 349-6684
Web site: www.entergy.com
In Oswego County since: 1975
Total employment: 700
Full-time: 700
Operations: Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production, retail distributions operations. Entergy own and operates power plants with about 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity; it is the second largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.6 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of over $9 billion and approximately 14,000 employees. The nuclear businesses of Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) are headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi. Entergy Nuclear operates five reactors at four locations in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana under regulatory jurisdictions and five reactors at four sites in Massachusetts, New York and Vermont. In Oswego County, Entergy operates the 850 MW James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Lycoming, which is celebrated its 30th anniversary in July. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration awarded the FitzPatrick plant "STAR" certification in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program in 2004. Sites that achieve STAR status in the program are a select group of facilities recognized for safety practices and processes that go beyond OSHA saftey and health performance standards.
CONSTELLATION ENERGY
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station
Address: P O. Box 63
Lycoming, NY 13093
Phone: 877-343-5464
Fax: 349-7604
E-mail: communications@constellation.com
Web site: www.constellation.com
In Oswego County since: 2001
Total employment: 1,000
Full-time: 1,000
Operations: The Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station has two boilingwater reactors. Unit 1 is a 609-megawatt reactor that entered service in 1969 and Unit 2 is a 1,148-megawatt reactor that began operation in 1986. As part of the company's balanced growth trend, Constellation Energy purchased the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in 2001 from Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and other utilities. Constellation Energy, a FORTUNE 200 company based in Baltimore, is the nation's largest competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial customers and the nation's largest wholesale power seller. Constellation Energy also manages fuels and energy services on behalf of energy intensive industries and utilities. It owns a diversified fleet of more than 100 generating units located throughout the United States, totaling approximately 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity. The company delivers electricity and natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its regulated utility in Central Maryland. In 2004, the combined revenues of the integrated energy company totaled $12.5 billion.
In April, Unit 1 completed its shortest outage to date while maintaining an excellent safety record. During the outage, all three low-pressure turbine rotors at Unit 1 were replaced. Nine Mile Point continues to work with the NRC on the license renewal application process. n 2004, Constellation Energy and Nine Mile Point employees contributed over $350,000 to support valuable community organizations and events.
DYNEGY INDEPENDENCE STATION
(Sithe Independence Station)
Address: 76 Independence Way
Oswego, NY 13126
Phone: 342-8410
Fax: 342-8425
In Oswego County since: 1994
Total employment: 45
Full-time: 45
Part-time: 0
Operations: At 1,042 megawatts, Dynegy's Independence Station began operations in 1994 in Scriba. Independence a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle facility that produces reliable and environmentally sound electricity and thermal energy. Independence is one of three plants in New York State owned and operated by Dynegy.
Dynegy Inc. purchased ExResSHC, the parent company of Sithe Energies, Inc. in 2005 for $135 million in cash and a consolidation of $919 million in project debt.
NATIONAL GRID
Address: 99 Howard Road
Fulton, NY 13069
Phone: 592-0139
Fax: 592-0164
Web site: www.nationalgrid.com
Total employment: 100
Full-time: 0
Part-time: 0
SUNOCO BIO-FUELS
Phone:
Web site:
SUNCO Bio-Fuels is located at Riverview Business Park in Fulton, New York, about 25 miles north of Syracuse. The 420-acre Riverview complex was formerly a Miller Brewery. SUNCO is situated on approximately 90 acres and will occupied 350,000 square feet, in what was once the Miller "brew house". Much of the brewing infrastructure has been renovated and adapted to "brew" ethanol. The total cost of the project will be approximately $165 million. Construction started in the first quarter of 2006, with production coming on-line in 2007. All permits and approvals are in place. SUNOCO will produce 100 million gallons of ethanol per year. SUNOCO is the third largest plant of its type in the nation, and first in New York State and the Northeast. Approximately 100 permanent jobs were created by SUNOCO. To supplement production of ethanol from corn, research is being done to make ethanol from "woody biomass" and other feedstocks.
NRG OSWEGO GENERATING STATION
Address: 261 Washington Boulevard
Oswego, NY 13126
Phone: 349-2260
Web site: www.nrgenergy.com
In Oswego County since: 1999
Total employment: 75
Full-time: 75
Part-time: 0
Operations: Established in 1989, NRG has a high-quality portfolio of projects in the United States, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America. NRG Energy entered the Oswego County market in 1999 when they purchased the former Oswego Steam Station at a cost of $91 million. NRG has built a global portfolio of projects using such diverse fuel sources as fossil fuels and greenpower renewable fuels, as well as refuse-derived fuels and geothermal energy. Through the use of state-of-the-art technologies, they are able to produce low-cost energy in an environmentally safe manner. NRG Energy is headquartered in West Windsor, New Jersey with regional offices in San Diego, Calif., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and development offices worldwide.
Power Generating Facilities in New York State
The following provides an overview of the different facilities in New York State that generate power from coal burning plants to fuel cells to wind farms.
Power Generating Facilities in New York State
Non-Nuclear Electricity Generating Plants in New York State
Robert Moses Niagara (New York Power Authority)
Ravenswood (KeySpan-Ravenswood Inc.)
Oswego Harbor Power (NRG Oswego Harbor Power Operations Inc.)
Northport (KeySpan Generation LLC)
Astoria Generating Station (U.S. Power Generating Company LLC)
Nuclear Power Plants in New York State
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (Nine Mile point Nuclear Station LLC)
Indian Point 3 (Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3)
Indian Point 2 (Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2)
James A. Fitzpatrick (Entergy Nuclear Fitzpatrick LLC)
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant LLC)
Coal Fired Power Plants in New York State
Danskammer, NY Orange County
Goudey, NY Broome County
Greenidge, NY Yates County
Hickling, NY Steuben County
Jennison, NY Chenango County
Milliken, NY Tompkins County
C R Huntley, NY Erie County
Dunkirk, NY Chautauqua County
Lovett NY, Rockland County
Rochester 7, NY Monroe County
S A Carlson, NY Chautauqua County
Kintigh, NY Niagara County>
Hydropower Facilities in New York State
| Existing Project or Area | Location | Owner | Date Online |
Capacity |
| St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Projec | Massena, on the St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence County | New York State Power Authority | July 1958 |
800,000 kilowats |
| Niagara Power Project | Lewiston, on the Niagara River, Niagara County | New York State Power Authority | January 1961 |
2,400,000 Kilowatts |
| Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project | Blenheim and Gilboa, southwest of Albany, Schoharie County |
New York State Power Authority | July 1973 |
1,040,000 kilowatts |
| Small Hydro Projects | -Ashokan Project, Ulster County -Crescent Plant, Albany and Saratoga Counties -Gregor y B. Jarvis Plant, Oneida County -Kensico Project, Westchester County -Vischer Ferry Plant, Saratoga and Schenectady Counties |
New York State Power Authority
New York Power Authority Fuel Cells in Operation
| Location | Number/Fuel | Output (kilowatts) | Normal Operation | Start Date |
| Yonkers Wastewater Treatment Plant | 1/anaerobic digester gas | 200 | grid-parallel | April 1997 |
| Central Park Police Precinct | 1/natural gas | 200 |
grid-independent | April 1999 |
| North Central Bronx Hospital | 1/natural gas | 200 | grid-parallel/ grid-independent | October 2000 |
| New York City Aquarium | 1/natural gas | 200 | grid-parallel | September 2001 |
Existing and Proposed Wind Projects in New York State
Allegany County
Noble-Allegany Windpark
http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/allegany/index.html
Chautauqua County
Babcock & Brown - Ripley-Westfield Wind Farm
http://www.ripleywestfieldwind.ene.com
Horizon - New Grange Wind Farm
http://www.newgrangewind.com/
Noble - Ball Hill Windpark
http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/BallHill.html
Clinton County
Horizon - Marble River
http://www.marbleriverwindfarm.com/index.cfm
Noble - Altona
http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/altona/index.html
Noble - Clinton 1
http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/clinton/index.html
Noble - Ellenburg
http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/ellenburg/index.html
Cortland County
TCI Renewables - Crown City Wind Farm
http://www.tcirenewables.com/default.aspx?lang=en&page=projects-new-york
Erie County
BQ Energy - Steel Winds
http://www.bqenergy.com/steelwinds.html
Franklin County
Horizon - Jericho Rise Wind Farm
http://www.jerichorisewind.com/
Noble - Chateaugay
http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/Chateaugay/index.html
Noble - Bellmont
http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/Bellmont/index.html
Genesee County
Horizon - Alabama Ledge
http://www.alabamaledgewind.com
Herkimer County
Iberdrola Renewables - Jordanville
http://www.iberdrolarenewables.us/jordanville/
Iberdrola Renewables - Topnotch
http://iberdrolarenewables.us/topnotch/
Jefferson County
Acciona - St. Lawrence Windpower
http://www.stlawrencewind.com
BP - Cape Vincent Wind Project
http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9021310contentId=7039614
Iberdrola Renewables - Horse Creek
http://www.iberdrolarenewables.us/horsecreek/
Upstate NY Power Corporation - Hounsfield Wind Farm
http://upstatenypower.com/index.html
Lewis County
Horizon - Maple Ridge
http://www.horizonwind.com/projects/whatwevedone/mapleridge/
Iberdrola Renewables - Roaring Brook Wind Power Project
http://www.iberdrolarenewables.us/roaringbrook.html
Madison County
Acciona - West Hill Wind Farm
http://www.westhillwind.com/index.html
Fenner Wind Farm
http://www.fennerwind.com/home.html
Horizon - Madison Wind Farm
http://www.horizonwind.com/projects/whatwevedone/madison.aspx
Steuben County
Ecogen - Prattsburgh-Italy Wind Farm
http://www.ecogeneis.com/home.html
Everpower Renewables - Howard Wind Farm
http://www.howardwindfarm.com/
First Wind - Cohocton/Dutch Hill
http://www.cohoctonwind.com/cohocton/index.cfm
First Wind - Prattsburgh Wind
http://www.prattsburghwind.com/prattsburgh/index.cfm
Wyoming County
Enel North America - Wethersfield Wind
http://www.enel.it/northamerica/powerPlantsDett.asp?reg=ne&sm=4
Horizon - Dairy Hills
http://www.dairyhillswind.com/
Noble - Bliss
http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/bliss/index.html
Noble - Wethersfield
http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/wethersfield/index.html
Eligible Wind Installers
| Robert Boender Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC 163 North Main Street, Suite 202 Stamford, CT 06902 Phone: 203-316-9219 robert.boender@snet.net |
Ernest Pritchard Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc. 6304 Furnace Road Ontario, NY 14519 Phone: 315-524-9010 i info@sed-net.com |
Roy Butler Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC 8902 Route 46 Arkport, NY 14807 Phone: 607-324-9747 Roy@four-winds-energy.com |
Loren Pruskowski Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc. 6304 Furnace Road Ontario, NY 14519 Phone: 315-524-9010 info@sed-net.com |
| Gay Canough ETM Solar Works 533 Woodford Avenue Endicott, NY 13760 Phone: 607-785-6499 / 607-786-3388 info@etmsolar.com |
Mark Smith Prime Energy Solutions, Inc. 3530 Route 34B Scipio Center, NY 13147 Phone: 315-364-5270 / 315-364-6770 mdsmith@prime-nrg.com |
| Pieter Huebner Bergey Windpower Co. 2001 Priestly Avenue Norman, OK 73069 Phone: 405-364-4212 pieter@bergey.com |
Joseph Swaha Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc. 6304 Furnace Road Ontario, NY 14519 Phone: 315-524-9010 info@sed-net.com |
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George McConochie Eastern Energy Systems 3305 Aldrich Lane, Laurel, NY A-Best Energy Power 375 Pearsall Ave., Cedarhurst, NY(516) 568-7785 Green Energy Act, LLC 7 Lucy Lane, Monroe, NY (646) 330-5270 Custom Historic Wind 60 Waldo Ave., Valley Stream, NY (516) 284-6778 Windsine Inc. 33 Old Country Rd. PO Box 295 Westhampton, NY 11977 (631) 514-4166 Renovus Energy 102 Cherry St., Ithaca, NY (607) 277-1777 John Mills Electric Inc. 1836 Grand Central Ave., Elmira Heights, NY (607) 734-4111 Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc. 317 Route 104, Ontario, NY (585) 265-2384
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