New York Power Authority

NYPA The New York Power Authority, abbreviated official name Power Authority of the State of New York, is the largest state-owned electric power generators and grid operators in the United States. The company is owned by the State of New York, the headquarters is located in White Plains. The company was founded by a legal act of 1931 by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt with the goal of ensuring the public energy supply from hydropower in the state of New York to the public. At that time, the fear that in the following years after the current war there would be a one-sided exploitation of hydropower by " water power barons " with damage for the population.

NYPA operates 17 power plants with a total capacity to 4.2 GW, including river power plants on the Niagara River and the St. Lawrence River, several thermal power plants in New York City, a pumped storage power plant in the Catskill Mountains and one on the Niagara River, and the Châteauguay DC is a close coupling to the network of Hydro-Québec in Canada. Next, the company operates the high- voltage grid in the state of New York with a cable length of approximately 2,000 km.