Clean Transportation

Electric-Drive Vehicles:  Moving Into the Future

The New York Power Authority has helped make New York State a pacesetter in electric-drive and clean transportation technologies. The programs and partnerships we’re helping to establish help improve air quality and reduce dependence on foreign oil.

The Empire State's aggressive efforts to promote electric transportation include rigorous vehicle emission standards, tax incentives and Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act funding for electric-drive vehicles (all electric and hybrid electric) and other clean-fueled vehicles in mass transit and government fleets. In addition, New York State's Executive Order No. 111 directed that state agency fleets convert entirely to clean-fueled vehicles by 2010.

The Power Authority is the nation’s largest supplier of electricity for mass transit, powering the subway and commuter trains of metropolitan New York. Today, NYPA is playing a significant role in these efforts to help New York State achieve a cleaner, greener future.

This vision stretches beyond New York’s borders, as well. The New York Power Authority is an active member of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), an international consortium of more than 100 energy producers, automotive manufacturers and their suppliers, state and local governments and others working to promote electric transportation.

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Contents:

• Introduction

• Programs

• Benefits and incentives

• How electric drive vehicles work

New Technologies
Energy Services

New York Power Authority Clean Transportation Update - September 2008
 

News:

November 6, 2008 - Village of Sherburne Adds a Hybrid-Electric Prius to Its Fleet Through Partnership with the New York Power Authority (Jointly issued with the Village of Sherburne. Includes photo and caption)

October 4, 2008 - Larchmont Receives its First Electric Vehicle through NY Power Authority's Green Zones Program

April 9, 2008 - Astoria Park Vehicles Go “Clean & Green” To Reduce Air Emissions through Efforts of Queens Boro Prez, Queens Clean Air Project Partners and NYC Parks & Recreation (Jointly issued with Clean Air Communities, Queens Borough President's Office, NYC Parks & Recreation Dept.) (includes photo, caption, fact sheet and remarks)

February 7, 2008 - Airport, Delta & NY Power Authority Turn Up The “Green”  (Albany Airport press release and NYPA President and CEO Roger B. Kelley's remarks)
 

New York Power Authority Clean Transportation Update - past issues
September 2007; October 2006, March 2006, August 2004; January 2004