QUESTION
What is the plan for providing sufficient electrical capacity for charging infrastructure at city heliports?
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The New York City Economic Development Corporation is confident there is adequate existing electrical substation capacity for a number of charging stations at the downtown Manhattan heliport.
- It is in conversations with Con Edison across its portfolio to make necessary upgrades and ensure capacity
- It will work hand-in-hand with the heliport operator and Con Edison to ensure sufficient capacity is in place
- For the downtown heliport, the operator must invest in charging infrastructure within 12 months and plan for it immediately after winning the contract, not waiting until certification
Erik D. Bottcher
0:51:06
On the west side, I represent the Manhattan cruise ship terminal and we're working to electrify, provide shore power for the cruise ships.
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That is gonna be a multiyear process because what we're waiting on is to hear from Con Edison on whether or not a new electrical substation will be needed.
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To accommodate the charging infrastructure.
0:51:32
Do you know if on at the heliports, if the if Con Edison has made a determination about the need for a new electrical substation or does the current power would that accommodate the charging infrastructure that you need.
Anton Fredriksson
0:51:49
That's a very good point.
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So internally, we've done an analysis of the existing substation capacity in our confident that there is adequate capacity for a number of charging stations at the heliport.
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We also are in conversations with Con Ed across our portfolio to to make those necessary upgrades and to make sure that the capacity is there.
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Thirdly, I will say that working with the operator, we will go hand hand with Con Ed to make sure that that capacity is in place.
0:52:16
And on timing, I will say as well, you mentioned that it may take some time to to build this out for something like Manhattan Cruise.
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Within the 12 month time clock that we set at through our procurement is for that infrastructure to be in place and operational.
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So if there's an op so for the operator of the downtown Manhattan heliport.
0:52:36
They need to make those investments right away and start planning for that red right away.
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They're not waiting until certification because they know this is an expectation and that has to be in place.
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As soon as certification heads.
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Thank you.
