KINGSTON, N.Y. â Heavy rains and high winds could cause flooding and power outages in the region beginning Thursday and continuing into Christmas Day, forecasters say.
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a flood watch and a wind advisory for much of the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskills. The agency said heavy rain falling on a deep snowpack will lead to significant melting, which could result in flooding. The snowmelt combined with one to three inches of rain, with locally higher amounts of up to six inches in the eastern Catskills, could cause urban flash flooding, the watch states. Flows in rivers may increase quickly with some rising above flood stage on Friday. Â
President and CEO, New York Power Authority
While New York won national acclaim last year for passing landmark climate change legislation, Gil Quiniones has spent nearly a decade pursuing ambitious green energy policies at the helm of the New York Power Authority. Besides running NYPA, a major energy producer and utility largely driven by hydropower, Quiniones has shaped the governor’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative, which aims to harness private markets and technological innovations to boost renewable energy and increased efficiency.
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Chairman, President and CEO; New York President, Con Edison
It will be the end of an era come January when John McAvoy resigns as president and CEO of Con Edison. McAvoy’s retirement reshuffles the top ranks of the influential utility, which is among the nation’s largest. Timothy Cawley, who leads Con Ed’s New York subsidiary, will succeed McAvoy as head of the parent corporation, while Matt Ketschke, a senior vice president,
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KINGSTON, N.Y. â Calling the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center the gift that keeps on giving, Ulster County lawmakers approved in a 17-4 vote spending $54,000 for engineering and design work necessary to replace the failing oil burners at the county Law Enforcement Center with natural gas burners.
The spending is the next step in what will ultimately be a multimillion-dollar project to replace the prematurely failing heating system at the jail.
The bonds approved by lawmakers Tuesday will enable the county to conduct the engineering and design work needed to replace the failing boilers.
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Since 2018, the county has spent more than $600,000 on energy efficiency projects related to the heating system at the jail, including last year when the Legislature approved issuing $242,000 in bonds to bring the natural gas line from state Route 32 into the building, which houses the county jail and sheriff s office and entered into a $220,000 contract with Central
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