Byrne Dairy in Syracuse, New York, is receiving a total of 5.5 megawatts of electricity through a state program called ReCharge NY that makes low-cost electricity available to companies to encourage job growth and retention.
The program has allocated low-cost power to 83 businesses and three nonprofit groups in Central New York committed to retaining more than 20,000 jobs, according to anarticle by Rick Moriarty on Syracuse.com, including 13,000 in Onondaga County.Megawatts to the dairy will help power its plants in Syracuse, DeWitt and a yogurt plant under construction in Cortlandville in Cortland County.
The dairy, which employs around 1,300, has saved more than $100,000 in electricity costs since it received the allocation in 2012, company Chairman William Byrne said in the article. The state program offers up to seven-year contracts for lower-cost power to businesses and nonprofit organizations. PD
—Summarized by PD staff from cited source
