News Archive - March 2007

Thursday, March 29, 2007


NYRI opposition continues
Albany - A bipartisan coalition of senators, Assembly members and governor’s staff met Wednesday with representatives from Communities Against Regional Interconnect to discuss the latest developments regarding New York Regional Interconnect’s proposed power line.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007


Proposal would require federal review of power line
A freshman representative from Central New York succeeded Tuesday in throwing a congressional obstacle in the path of a proposed $1.6 billion high-voltage power line project.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007


NY citizens call for NYRI to disclose identities of investors
Albany – A coalition of citizens groups across New York State Tuesday has sent a formal request to New York Regional Interconnect calling on the company to the release of the names of its investors. NYRI is proposing to build a 200 mile long 400,000 volt overhead power line across New York State.
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Monday, March 19, 2007


IPPNY Renews Call for Power Plant Siting Law
Albany, N.Y., The Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. (IPPNY) today called the New York Independent System Operators (NYISOs) Reliability Needs Assessment (RNA) a warning to the governor and lawmakers that electric system reliability will be jeopardized without a power plant siting law. New York has been without an adequate siting law since the expiration of Article X in 2002.
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Saturday, March 17, 2007


Cunningham is not sold on NYRI alternative routes study
Monticello – An agreement between New York Regional Interconnect and the state PSC to study alternative routes for the company’s proposed power line to run from Oneida County to Orange County will not resolve the issues, according to the chairman of CARI – Communities Against Regional Interconnect.
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Friday, March 16, 2007


NYRI to look into two new routes for power line
If NYRI was looking for the path of least resistance for its 1,200-megawatt power line, it might have found one. In fact, it might have found two.
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Little agreement on NYRI ground rules
Four stipulations pertaining to certain evidence required of New York Regional Interconnect in its expected power line case were scarcely accepted Wednesday, following over a month of meetings between pro, neutral, and anti-NYRI players to establish the ground rules.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007


Explosion raises concern about power line
Mike Steiger was getting on the state Thruway in Westmoreland Monday morning when he saw what he called "a huge fireball in the sky."
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Letter to the Editor: Energy Act designed to end local opposition
A Feb. 6 O-D article about anti-New York Regional Interconnect legislation, quoted...
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Friday, March 9, 2007


NYRI may want land in Otsego
New York Regional Interconnect Inc. planning to run its massive electrical transmission line through part of Otsego County?
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Thursday, March 8, 2007


Spitzer tells NYRI: We won't meet till you finish your impact report
Albany - If New York Regional Interconnect wants some face time with Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the power line developer had better do its homework.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2007


OPINION: New line of thought needed for power woes
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NYRI Press Release
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Sunday, March 4, 2007


Power line plan cuts through New York's energy future
WASHINGTON -- Amid the crescendo of upstate opposition to a proposed high-voltage power line is a buzzing, crackling problem: scientists fear New York City's energy demands will outstrip its supply in just a matter of years.
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Friday, March 2, 2007


Clinton, Schumer reps meet with NYRI
New York Regional Interconnect officials met with representatives from the offices of U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Charles Schumer to discuss the company's proposal to build a power line from Marcy to Orange County downstate.
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NYRI routes not OK, Schumer says
A spokesman for New York Regional Interconnect Inc. said Thursday that company officials had ``very productive’’ discussions Wednesday in Washington with staff members from the offices of New York’s U.S. senators, Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton.
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Thursday, March 1, 2007


Power-line data must be released to O-D
New York Regional Interconnect cannot block the release of documents detailing its payments for use of a railway line running through Oneida County, a state Supreme Court justice ruled Wednesday.
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Power line support sought in D.C.
The developer of a $1.6 billion high-voltage power line is in Washington today and is to talk with Sens. Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton about how his project would be a boon for wind farms and other renewable-energy resources in Upstate New York.
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