User's Manual
When a massive blackout aected 45 million Americans in the Northeastern United States in 2003, 8 million were
New York City residents who lost power in the mass, regional outage. Most areas regained electricity within a few
hours, but New Yorkers waited until the following morning. Among them were the nearly 300,000 residents of New
York’s 26th Ward in Brooklyn.
Not wanting to repeat such a massive power loss, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection
reached an agreement with Skanska USA
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to purchase three of GE Transportation’s 250 Series enclosed Diesel Gen-
erator Sets for the 26th Ward’s wastewater treatment facility. The 12-cylinder gensets will provide backup power in
the event of another blackout, all while meeting EPA Tier 2 emission standards and aording fuel savings of up to
6.5% compared to previous models.
New York City to receive backup power
from GE Transportation
GE Transportation’s V228 and 250 Series Diesel Generator Sets oer a fuel savings of 3 to 5%
and nearly double the mean time between maintenance in a typical power application.
A cost-eective alternative to high-cost power
Easy to maintain
• Modularized construction
• Large doors on mainframe to access crankcase
• Camshaft arranged in individual sections
• Sectional exhaust manifold
• Unied power assemblies
Quick delivery of parts
• Easy ve-step installation process
• 1,000 unique parts and assemblies in inventory
Fuel-efficient
• A high-capacity turbocharger, electric fuel injection
and ecient combustion management make fuel
and lube-oil consumption among the lowest in
the industry.
Reliable
• Designed to support extended maintenance intervals.
With rugged construction and quality-assured parts,
GE Transportation’s engines can run cost eectively
for more than 20 years.