ADVISORY/KeySpan Throws Switch to Start up First Baseload Power Plant Since Blackout of 2003; New Unit Is Also First to Be Built in NYC Since Electric Deregulation.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Monday (March 29) --(BUSINESS WIRE) With a flick of an enormous, oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. switch, KeySpan will energize en·er·gize v. en·er·gized, en·er·giz·ing, en·er·giz·es v.tr. 1. To give energy to; activate or invigorate: "His childhood the lights of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with the start up of the cleanest, most efficient electric-power generating facility in city history. KeySpan will join hundreds of employees, dignitaries, environmentalists and trade representatives in the official startup of its state of the art, 250-megawatt combined cycle A combined cycle is characteristic of a power producing engine or plant that employs more than one thermodynamic cycle. Heat engines are only able to use a portion of the energy their fuel generates (usually less than 50%). The remaining heat from combustion is generally wasted. generating station at its Ravenswood facility in Queens. The unit is the first electric generating station to be constructed since the Great Blackout of 2003, in which 85% of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State was left in the dark and more than 50 million people across the country were without power.
WHEN: Monday, March 29, 2004, 11 am
WHERE: Ravenswood Power Station
38-54 Vernon Blvd.
Long Island City, NY 11101
Directions: From Brooklyn - BQE BQE Brooklyn-Queens Expressway east to McGuinness/Humboldt St. (Road bears left). Take McGuinness Blvd. to Pulaski Bridge (approx. 1.5 miles) into Long Island City. Follow road to 44th Drive (about 6 blocks) and turn left. Go 2 blocks to Vernon Blvd. and turn right. Follow Vernon Blvd. approximately 1/2 mile. Ravenswood is on your left. From Long Island - Take the Long Island Expressway to Van Dam St. Exit. Follow exit road to Borden Ave. Take Borden Ave. to Vernon Blvd (approx. 1 mile), make right onto Vernon Blvd. Ravenswood is 1 1/2 miles on your left. From Manhattan - Take the Midtown Tunnel. Exit far right toll booth. Immediate right turn and another immediate right onto Borden Ave. Go 1 block to Vernon Blvd. and make a right. Follow Vernon for approximately 1 1/2 miles. Ravenswood is on your left. |
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