I wish someone would explain to me why the New York State Power Authority is allowed to make decisions awarding low cost electricity.  Why is a non-elected bureaucracy making decisions on which businesses are worthy of their benevolence?

Moldtech, a maker of injection-molded rubber products, is expanding in Lancaster, reversing earlier plans for a new facility in Amherst. The company plans to add 30 jobs to its current workforce of 45 as part of the $4.3 million project. NYPA trustees approved a 250-kilowatt allocation.

Isochem of Lockport is installing new processing equipment to produce new products, lower production costs, and recycle organic solvents. The 300-kilowatt allocation will create three new jobs with the capital investment of nearly $2 million.

Moldtech receives 8.33 kilowatts for new jobs while Isochem receives 100 kilowatts of low cost electricity per job.  What is the criteria that accounts for this difference?  For all we know, companies that provide the most sexual favors for Franks S. McCullough, Jr. receive the most benefits.

Wouldn’t it make more sense for the entire Buffalo/Niagara region to benefit from the Lewiston Power Plant?  Then, profitable, competitive businesses would thrive based on performance instead of the whim of the New York State Power Authority.

Link to NYPA powers 2 expansion projects - Business First of Buffalo: