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New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Authority overview
Jurisdiction	Promotion of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources
Headquarters	17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399
Authority executive	Doreen Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer
Website	www.nyserda.ny.gov

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), established in 1975, is a New York State public-benefit corporation, located in Albany, New York, with regional offices in New York City, Buffalo, and West Valley.

NYSERDA offers information and analysis, programs, technical expertise, and funding aimed at helping New Yorkers increase energy efficiency, save money, use renewable energy, and reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. NYSERDA professionals are charged with protecting the environment and creating clean-energy jobs. NYSERDA collaborates with businesses, industry, the federal government, academia, the environmental community, public interest groups, and energy market participants to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Governance

Responsibilities

• Conducting a multifaceted energy and environmental research and development program to meet New York State's diverse economic needs.
• Making energy more affordable for residential and low-income households.
• Helping industries, schools, hospitals, municipalities, not-for-profits, and the residential sector, including low-income residents, implement energy efficiency measures.
• Provide objective, credible, and useful energy analysis and planning to guide decisions made by major energy stakeholders in the private and public sectors.
• Managing the Western New York Nuclear Service Center at West Valley, including (1) overseeing the State's interests and share of costs at the West Valley Demonstration Project, a federal/State radioactive waste clean-up effort, and (2) managing wastes and maintaining facilities at the shut-down State Licensed Disposal Area.
• Coordinating the State's activities on nuclear energy matters including the regulation of radioactive materials, and monitoring low-level radioactive waste generation and management in the State.
• Financing energy-related projects, reducing costs for ratepayers.

Governance

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is governed by a 13-member Board appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the New York Senate.

Richard Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finance for New York serves as Chair of NYSERDA. Doreen Harris serves as president and Chief Executive Officer and reports directly to the Board of Directors.

The Board oversees the development of the Authority's budget and program plan, and the processes, policies and procedures in which staff are to perform their duties in their efforts to fulfill NYSERDA's mission, and in the public's interest. The Commissioners of the Departments of Environmental Conservation and Transportation and the Chairs of the New York Power Authority and New York State Public Service Commission serve ex officio. Additional members must include: research scientist(s), economist(s), not-for-profit environmentalist(s), member(s) of a not-for-profit consumer group, officer(s) of a utility primarily engaged in the distribution of gas, officer(s) of an electric utility, and three public members.

In 2017, the Authority had operating expenses of $119.76 million, an outstanding debt of $2.654 billion, and a staffing level of 326 people.

NYSERDA Leadership

See also

• Long Island Power Authority
• New York energy law

References

1. NYSERDA's Responsibilities.
2. Board of Directors. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
3. "NYSABO 2018 Report" (PDF). November 5, 2018. pp. 16, 29, 44.
4. ^ "NYSERDA Board of Directors Appoints Doreen M. Harris President and CEO". NYSERDA. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
5. Karlin, Rick. "NYSERDA appoints permanent president and CEO". Times Union. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
6. "Alicia Barton". Greentown Labs. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
7. ^ Solnik, Claude (2017-06-26). "NYSERDA names Alicia Barton CEO | Long Island Business News". Retrieved 2024-01-14.
8. "John Rhodes | Columbia SIPA". www.sipa.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
9. ^ Muller, Kate (13 Sep 2024). "NYSERDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTS JOHN RHODES PRESIDENT AND CEO". NYS News. Retrieved 14 Jan 2024.
10. "Francis J. Murray, Jr., Board Member". NYSERDA. Retrieved 2024-01-14.

External links

• Official website
  • History of NYSERDA

v t e Officers in the State of New York
Current offices	Governor Lieutenant Governor Speaker of the Assembly Temporary President of the Senate Secretary of State Attorney General State Comptroller Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals Clerk of the Court of Appeals Clerk of the State Assembly
Defunct offices	Chancellor (1777–1847) State Treasurer (1776–1926) State Engineer (1846–1926) Canal Commissioner (1810–1878) Superintendent of Public Works (1877–1967) Inspector of State Prisons (1848–1877) New York Superintendent of State Prisons (1877–1926)

• 1975 establishments in New York (state)
• Public benefit corporations in New York (state)
• Economy of New York (state)
• United States energy law
• Energy policy of the United States
• Environmental agencies in New York (state)