WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK -- The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is in the planning stages of a Life Extension and Modernization (LEM) and Controls Upgrade Program at its Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant.

The program will replace aging assets, install digitally integrated sensors and monitors, and provide system hardening and cybersecurity improvements, NYPA said in a press release.

"The Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant anchors the New York State energy system as the leading source of hydropower [...]," said Gil C. Quiniones, president and CEO of NYPA. "Improving and digitizing this facility is a critical priority for NYPA as the state continues to work toward its renewable energy goals."

Starting in the fall of 2020, NYPA's Niagara LEM program will implement unit control upgrades that will provide precise, real time data to operators as part of the Smart Generation and Transmission strategic initiative.

Asset replacement and rehabilitation work for the life extension portion of the program will begin in the field in 2023 and is expected to be completed within an approximate 10 year time frame, working on one generating unit at a time.


Source: NYPA