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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a public benefit
corporation created in 1975 by the New York State Legislature. F. William Valentino is President and
Chief Operating Officer.
NYSERDA's primary mission is to carry out a broad program of energy research, development and
demonstration projects designed to develop and apply efficient technologies to help ensure that New
York has secure and economical future supplies of energy, while protecting environmental values and
promoting economic growth.
NYSERDA derives its basic research revenues from an assessment levied on the intrastate sales of New
York State's investor-owned electric and gas utilities. Additional research dollars come from limited
corporate funds and a voluntary annual contribution by the New York Power Authority.
In its research program, NYSERDA stresses consultation and collaboration with other organizations,
including utilities, universities, industries, private engineering and scientific research firms, local
governments, and State and federal agencies. These efforts stretch NYSERDA's limited research funds
and ensure the involvement of those who can use the results of the research.
In its federally funded Energy Services program, NYSERDA provides technical assistance to improve
the energy and environmental performance of businesses and institutions, helps secure energy-project
funding from private and public sources, and converts fleet vehicles to alternative fuels. The Energy
Analysis program focuses on using energy,. regulatory, and environmental policies to help New York
State businesses grow and to meet the needs of New York State's energy consumers.
NYSERDA also has responsibility for:
-     Managing the 3,300-acre Western New York Nuclear Service Center at West Valley 35 miles
south of Buffalo, the site of a former commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing plant and a low-level
radioactive waste disposal area. These responsibilities include:
-     Participating in the West Valley Demonstration Project, a joint federal/State effort to
solidify the high-level radioactive wastes left over from the reprocessing operation and
to clean up the facilities used.
-     Maintaining the portion of the site not being used in the Demonstration Project, including
the shut-down low-level radioactive waste disposal area.
-     Issuing tax-exempt bonds to finance facilities for electric and gas utilities and energy projects
for private companies.
"     Constructing and operating facilities for disposal of low-level radioactive wastes produced in
New York State, once the State makes disposal method and site decisions and approvals have
been issued by State regulatory agencies.
-     Managing a 365-acre portion of a Superfund clean-up site in Malta, 20 miles north of Albany.
Part of the site was once owned by the federal government. Portions of it have been used by
the federal government and its contractors since the 1940s for activities that have included rocket
engine and fuel testing, weapons testing, and space research.
For more information, contact the Technical Communications unit, NYSERDA, 2 Empire State Plaza,
Suite 1901, Albany, New York 12223-1253, (518) 465-6251.
State of New York                             Energy Research and Development Authority
George E. Pataki,                                                    F. William Valentino,
Governor                                                                      President