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To: jacq who wrote (3327)	3/11/1999 9:59:00 PM
From: WALT REISCH	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8393

NYPA Chairman Rappleyea Named to New Electric Vehicle Association Leadership March 11, 1999 17:49 NEW YORK, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Power Authority Chairman and Chief Executive Officer C.D. "Rapp" Rappleyea has been elected to the Board of Directors of the recently consolidated Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas (EVAA). The association works to advance electric vehicles (EV's) and supporting infrastructure through policy, information and market development initiatives. EVAA members include electric utilities, auto companies and other vehicle manufacturers, EV component suppliers, research organizations and government agencies. The new organization represents a consolidation of the Electric Transportation Coalition (ETC) with the EVAA. Rappleyea had served as a member of the board of the ETC since 1996. In addition to being selected to serve on the new 25-member board of the new EVAA, Rappleyea was elected as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Public Policy. In that capacity, he will also serve on the EVAA's nine-member Executive Committee. "As Chairman of the EVAA's Public Policy Committee, I hope to build on New York State's efforts to advance the use of electric vehicles," Rappleyea said. "Governor Pataki has taken many significant steps to make New York a leader in the electric vehicle movement, including tax incentives and bond act financing for EV's in mass transit and government fleets. In combination with the New York Power Authority's electric transportation programs, these initiatives have helped to make New York 'EV Ready,'" Rappleyea said. Among the New York State efforts to promote the development and deployment of electric vehicles are: -- Tax incentives, adopted in 1997, for clean-fuel vehicles that provide a state tax credit of up to $5,000 for cars and light-duty trucks and $10,000 for heavy-duty vehicles. Purchases of clean fuel vehicles and their supporting infrastructure are also exempted from state sales tax. -- The Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act, approved by voters in 1996, provides $55 million for clean-fuel vehicles for government agencies and mass transit. It has financed new hybrid-electric transit buses in New York City, all electric buses in the Wall Street area and in Albany, and work on converting postal vehicles to electric power at the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. -- The Clean Fuel Vehicle Council, made up of New York State's largest agencies and authorities, created by Governor Pataki to coordinate the deployment of EV's and other clean-fuel vehicles in state fleets. -- The New York Power Authority, the state-owned electric utility, has put into service more than 130 electric cars, light trucks and other vehicles for use by its customers or in its own operations. It has also undertaken a number of electric transportation initiatives, including electric station cars for commuters, electric shuttle buses, an electric school bus and various light-duty urban electric vehicles. SOURCE New York Power Authority /CONTACT: Brian Warner of New York Power Authority, 212-468-6317/ /Web site: nypa.gov