Competitive Power Ventures, Inc. - Energy Highway

The CPV Valley Energy Center is precisely the type of facility that achieves the goals and
objectives you established for the Energy Highway. The addition of this project to the state’s
fleet of generation will enhance the overall reliability of New York’s electric system.
The high efficiency of this project’s natural gas-powered, combined-cycle technology will
improve the state’s system wide efficiency and consume less fuel than other baseload generators.
This will result in a reduction in emissions for the state. Also, the project incorporates many
positive environmental attributes, such as state-of-the-art combustion and control technology to
be one of the cleanest generators in New York.
The construction of this project will take two-and-a-half years and employ hundreds of union
workers under a project labor agreement. These are vitally-needed jobs in our region and will be
a major step toward meeting your goal of putting thousands of people back to work. The CPV
Valley Energy Center will contribute more than $30 million to local tax coffers, with the
majority going to the local school system which has been hit hard in recent years by budget cuts.
The CPV Valley Energy Center is an outstanding project that promises a major positive impact
for our region and enjoys widespread public support. We hope you will include this project your
consideration as a key piece of New York's energy future and the Energy Highway.
Sincerely,
Joseph Shields
NiSource
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