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LS Power’s Rise Light & Power Teams Up with NYCHA

LS Power’s Rise Light & Power Teams Up with NYCHA

April 12, 2022

Kudos to LS Power Group’s Rise Light & Power company for their continual efforts to support their surrounding Queensbridge, Ravenswood, Astoria, and Woodside communities.

Teaming up with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), Rise contributed over $480,000 towards various programs and events, part of its close to $600,000 in charitable donations last year. (Other recipients included the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement, as well as local schools in support of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs, etc.)

Through Rise’s NYCHA partnership, positive neighborhood impacts in 2021 included:

  • Backpack Giveaway – Rise hosted a backpack giveaway for kids in the area, providing 400 children with backpacks and school supplies to kick off the start of the school year

  • Turkey Giveaway – annual turkey giveaway provided $25,000 in turkeys for community members celebrating Thanksgiving

  • Toy Giveaway – hosted at the front gate of Rise’s Ravenswood Generating Station, where Rise donated over $25,000 worth of toys for local children and families to enjoy during the holiday season

Additionally, Rise made over $50,000 of donations towards personal protection equipment for those in need, and provided over $250,000 of support for programs focused on combating food insecurity and violence.

LS Power’s Rise Light & Power is proud to serve its local communities and light New York’s future as it modernizes its facilities and invests in clean energy infrastructure. These investments will help Rise continue to play a vital role in delivering reliable and cost-effective energy solutions for our neighbors across the region — as it has done since 1963. Knowing that Climate Change and Environmental Justice issues are real, Rise is working to address both and advance the renewable energy transition taking place in New York State and the region.

 

About LS Power:

LS Power is a development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector. Since its inception in 1990, LS Power has developed, constructed, managed, or acquired more than 46,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, natural gas-fired, and battery energy storage projects, of which ~17,000 MW are currently operating. LS Power’s Energy Transition Platforms include CPower Energy Management, Endurant Energy, EVgo, Rise Light & Power, and REV Renewables, as well as Waste-to-Energy initiatives. In addition, LS Power developed and operates over 680 miles of high-voltage transmission, with an additional 100+ miles and multiple substations under construction. Across these efforts, LS Power has raised $50 billion in debt and equity financing to support North American infrastructure. Through 2021, assets under LS Power control avoided 80.67 million metric tons of CO2e, equivalent to nearly 187 million barrels of oil not consumed or over 17.5 million cars taken off the road for one year. For more information, please visit www.LSPower.com.