Power Solutions

Here is how the work lines up. Power solutions on a New York production rarely come from a single source — story features lean on tow plants from Cinelease and Power Project, commercial work in SoHo and the Meatpacking District often runs on quiet 60-150kW units from Hello Bro NY, GoVantage Power or Eastern Effects, and remote upstate exteriors backing onto the Catskills or Hudson Valley draw on Aggreko NY industrial gensets staged from Newburgh or the I-87 corridor.

Here is the breakdown. Our rental team assesses lighting orders, camera carts, video village and craft against likely startup loads, then specifies the right blend of power packs, tie-ins and battery rigs for each location. Anton Bauer and IDX V-mount stocks support cinema cameras and on-board accessories, while block batteries and Tier-4 hybrid towers extend silent run time for dialogue work in Greenpoint warehouses, Brooklyn brownstone interiors and Hudson Yards rooftops where any audible diesel kills sound takeaway.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Logistics is where New York power gets exact. Manhattan staging south of 60th Street sits inside the congestion pricing zone and pushes Tier-4 low-emission gennys. FDNY film safety officers are needed when units run inside building footprints or above ground-floor exposure. NYC DOB high-rise power packs permits apply when plant lives on a rooftop. Our crew lines up NYPD truck route permits for tow-behind delivery, fuel runs to set across the BQE and FDR Drive all-night, and tie-ins lined up with building management at Silvercup, Kaufman Astoria, Steiner and York Studios. IATSE Local 52 electricians stay on call through the shoot — handling load tracking, panel reconfigurations as the gaffer's plot evolves, and same-day swap-outs from Brooklyn and Long Island City depots when a unit shows fault.