Top Innovators
The New York Power Authority won the Fortnightly Top Innovator 2024 award ''William Hammer Top Innovator in Electrification'' for its Overhead Pantograph Charging Systems.
PUF's Steve Mitnick: What is this innovation and what's its impact?
John Markowitz: New York State has greenhouse gas goals through the climate legislation and transportation has a big impact. It's responsible for more than a third of the emissions. Electrification of transportation must be addressed.
The New York City mass transit is one of the most challenging to attack. There are various goals for the transit agencies in the state. The upstate transit agencies have a goal to be one hundred percent electric by 2035. New York City, because it's larger, has the same goal but in 2040.