Clean, renewable power is the underlying energy for contractual arrangements by the New York Power Authority with two wind power companies, on behalf of the Authority’s large governmental customers in New York City and the thousands of public facilities they operate.

NYPA has completed agreements with Horizon Wind Energy and PPM Energy, for purchase of 72 megawatts of renewable energy attributes, or “green tags,” from two upstate wind farms, the Maple Ridge Wind Farm (60.5 mw) in Lewis County and Madison Wind Farm (11.55 mw) in Madison County.

NYPA’s governmental customers to be served by the wind power agreements are the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the City of New York, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York City Housing Authority and the City University of New York. Among the facilities to benefit from the wind power contracts will be the new Freedom Tower and other buildings at the World Trade Center site.