Natural Power: The New York Power Authority's Origins and Path to Clean Energy

"The New York Power Authority is maybe one of our proudest boasts. You almost never hear about the New York Power Authority, but you should. It would do us all a lot of good: you can see government at its very best."
-- Gov. Mario Cuomo, 1991

Images from the History of Electricity and New York's Power Authority



Governor Hughes declared in 1907 that the waterpower of New York State "should be preserved and held for the benefit of the people and should not be surrendered to private interests." It was half a century before the Republican governor's dictum would be realized, when the New York Power Authority began generating power along the St. Lawrence River and at Niagara Falls.























