Glens Falls Community Hydro Project Goes Live
Glens Falls, NY — On May 21, Northern Power & Light, along with Boralex and the city of Glens Falls announced that the Glens Falls Community Hydro Project is now live, delivering clean, renewable power from the Warrensburg Dam to local residents in a whole new...
Get Energized at the Potsdam Summerfest Energy Zone!
Charge your cell phone, taste a smoothie made with bicycle power, enjoy solar baked cookies, munch on some ‘renewably’ pan-fried crickets made on a conduction stove, and take a chance to win some E-goods such as yard tools, smart strips, and more. As a part of the...
Local Power in Potsdam
North Country Now covers the Village's choice to "join the Town of Potsdam as well as other regional municipalities in making the move to locally generated, renewable hydroelectricity." Click to read the article.
A New Community Hydro Opportunity for the City of Glens Falls
Northern Power & Light is excited to announce the City of Glens Falls Community Hydro Project, a collaborative initiative between the City of Glens Falls, Boralex, and Northern Power & Light. The project was announced Thursday at a press conference in front of...
NP&L Peak Power Podcast Episode 1:Texas and NY: Partners in Deregulation
In the first installment of our new Peak Power podcast, We take a look at the Texas black out, exploring similarities between the Texas and New York electricity systems and what we can learn from outages in the South. Martha wants to know who’s responsible, and Emmett nerds out about “Deregulation” and the dangers of self-regulated electricity markets.
Adirondack Research on why they chose Northern Power & Light
As director and owner of Adirondack Research, a Saranac Lake-based ecological consulting firm, Ezra Schwartzberg is well aware: It’s as important to protect our environment as it is to nurture the local economy. That’s a big reason why he’s chosen NP&L to satisfy his company’s electricity needs.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise: Northern Power & Light adds Potsdam dam as electricity source
Northern Power & Light Inc., the Saranac Lake-based power company, has added the Sissonville hydroelectric facility to its portfolio of renewable electricity producers.
Paul Smith’s Returns to Hydro Roots
More than 100 years ago, Paul Smith – the famed hotelier, guide and entrepreneur – flipped the switch on the region’s first electric company. Its first generator was a hydropower dam located right on the property that became Paul Smith’s College. Now, Hydropower is back at Paul Smith’s, which now satisfies all of its electricity needs through NP&L-affiliated local hydropower stations.
Harry Gordon, founder of Gordon + Gordon Architecture
The architecture firm Gordon + Gorden is based here in Saranac Lake and specializes in sustainable, eco-friendly building design and construction. We caught up with founder Harry Gordon to learn more about the builder’s philosophy and what motivated him to become a Northern Power & Light customer.
NP&L and Mountain Spirit Distilling Wrapping Up Sanitizer Project
NP&L would like to thank everyone who contributed to our effort to produce and distribute hand sanitizer. We are proud to have played a small part in fighting the spread of Covid 19, with about 500,000 hand cleanings!
Producing & Distributing Free Local Hand Sanitizer
The North Country has long experience with weather-related emergencies and we’re here to do what we can. Northern Power & Light is partnering with Mountain Spirit Distilling to produce hand sanitizer from locally-made high-purity ethanol.
Sunita Halasz: Homeschooler, EV Pioneer
Whether creating a curriculum for her children, who she home schools, or being an early pioneer of Electric Vehicles (EVs), Sunita’s independent streak is met in equal measure with an emphasis on community and being a good steward of the wilderness she and her family inhabit.
NP&L Update: Ive’s Park Concert Series and Visit from Assemblyman Billy Jones
Northern Power & Light had the pleasure of giving State Assemblyman Billy Jones a tour of the Azure Mountain Power hydro station in St. Regis Falls to share how NP&L enables customers to directly support renewable energy and buy local.
Peter Henry: Firework Maker
He who hath smelt the smoke, is ne’er again free
Or so the adage goes, explains Peter Henry, before putting it a bit more directly, “Once you smell that smell of gunpowder, you are hooked…”
Opinion: Support green energy in the North Country, Canton resident says
Like many others I want to transition away from fossil fuels and create green energy right here in the North Country. Many people cannot afford to buy solar panels for their roof, or like me they rent an apartment…
The Village Mercantile:Why Local Businesses Love Local Power (and So Can You)
When Melinda Little was asked why she felt Northern Power & Light was a better option for renewable energy than others, her response was plain: “I trust it. I trust you guys because you’re here. It’s not as much of a leap of faith.”
Creating Cleaner Energy Close to Home
Adirondack Park residents are surrounded by hydropower facilities that generate four times more power than all of the residents and businesses inside the Park can possibly use. But almost none of it is available for purchase by local consumers…
St. Regis Falls Dam A Renewable Energy Option
Saranac Lake based Northern Power & Light, Inc. has gained approval to operate under a new program created by New York State that allows electric customers to purchase a share of the electricity from a small renewable generator.
Independent power company seeks first 200 customers for renewable energy
This process is called Community Distributed Generation, part of a program by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to encourage investment and growth in green power production.
How a North Country family harnessed an Adirondack river
Using 19th century techniques, the Smiths and the Foleys preserved a dam that generates power and creates an important impoundment on the St. Regis River.