"Upstate plants" refers to plants that are located or grown in the more rural or northern parts of a state, usually away from the major cities or urban areas. Full definition
«At the initial ZEC maximum of $ 17.48 per MWh, the subsidy for upstate plants would raise electricity rates by about 0.32 cents per kilowatt - hour state - wide, an increase of 1.8 percent for residential rate - payers and 5.4 percent for large industrial customers. (environmentalprogress.org)
Those efforts started in November 2015 as state and federal officials worked with Kraft Heinz to keep it from also shutting other upstate plants that employ hundreds of people. (chicagotribune.com)
The expansion doesn't impact any existing jobs at the gun manufacturer's upstate plant in Herkimer County, where its workers have been vocal opponents of the gun control law known as the SAFE Act. (nystateofpolitics.com)