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News Archive - June 2007

Thursday, June 21, 2007

House votes against measure that would stop power lines
Washington - The battle to block the cross-state power line known as New York Regional Interconnect suffered a setback yesterday when the U.S. House rejected an effort to gut a program that could clear the way for the project.
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Arcuri continues fight against NYRI
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Michael Arcuri (D-Utica) continued his quest against New York Regional Interconnect Wednesday, telling Congress that the designation of energy corridors interferes with states' rights and unnecessarily creates federal "spheres of influence."
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Schumer: Don’t abandon rail tracks
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is calling on Walter Rich to delay plans to abandon the track of the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway in Chenango County.
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Friday, June 15, 2007

NYRI corridor on national trust's endangered list
The huge power line that could rise in our region would not only hurt one of our great rivers, it would ruin some of our most historic sites, say two prominent national organizations.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

News Video: NYRI Opponents Focus On Feds
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Federal officials get earful from power line foes
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Dan Buckingham is angry the federal government is considering a power corridor through his upstate New York community. He was doubly angry Tuesday that he had to travel nearly 140 miles to protest.
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Story & News VIDEO: Energy Department Meeting to discuss Power Corridor
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Story & News VIDEO: Power line opponents attend hearing in Rochester
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Blog: Power Line Hearing
U.S. Department of Energy officials today are conducating a hearing about a proposed federal energy corridor that could make it easier for New York Regional Interconnect to have its power line approved to travel through Oneida County. Observer-Dispatch reporter Jennifer Fusco is there. Here is her blog from the meeting.
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Statement from the Rome Chamber of Commerce
While the Rome Area Chamber of Commerce is fully aware of the need for establishing energy transmission corridors, our business community is opposed to the proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors in New York State at this time.
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Story & News VIDEO: D.O.E. Power Line Hearing - Highlights throughout the day
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Town passes anti-NYRI law
NORWICH – Norwich’s town board passed a local law Monday that would block the permitting and construction of direct current power lines for the next five years.
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Monday, June 11, 2007

Energy official discusses corridor plan
Kevin Kolevar, director of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability at the U.S. Department of Energy, spoke with the Observer-Dispatch Friday about National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors. A corridor proposed to run through much of New York state down to the Washington D.C., area is the subject of a public hearing Tuesday in Rochester.
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The anti-NYRI chorus grows louder
Lake Huntington – Adding the proposal for a “National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor” (NIETC) to the mix has ratcheted the debate over the NYRI power line up a big notch. That was a dominant theme during a public hearing in Lake Huntington, attended by about 200.
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Sunday, June 10, 2007

U.S. energy's future presents a powerful challenge
President Bush's 2005 Energy Act authorized the U.S. Department of Energy to designate special corridors where there was energy congestion, where the federal government's siting laws for transmission lines could supersede those of states.
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Editorial Make views known on corridor plan
AT ISSUE: Rochester hearing not about NYRI, but siting could be affected. Area residents must remember that the U.S. Department of Energy hearing in Rochester this week will not be focused on the 1,200-megawatt power line New York Regional Interconnect wants to construct from Marcy to downstate Orange County.
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Monday, June 4, 2007

Arcuri visits Norwich to give update on NYRI fight
NORWICH – A crowd of about 100 attended a public meeting Saturday at the Norwich Fire House to protest the federal government’s potential use of eminent domain, a law that would ultimately allow privately-held New York Regional Interconnect Inc.’s power line to go through.
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Impact of power plant bill on NYRI unclear
ALBANY – Lawmakers in Albany passed legislation last week that would once again streamline New York state’s authority to permit the construction of power generation facilities.
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Saturday, June 2, 2007

Energy hearing set for June 12 in Rochester
The U.S. Department of Energy has set a hearing about a proposed federal energy corridor for June 12.
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Friday, June 1, 2007

200 voice concerns on power line, Arcuri hosts New Hartford meeting
NEW HARTFORD - More than 200 residents attended a Thursday night meeting to voice their concerns about a proposed federal energy corridor plan that could make it easier for a company to build a high-voltage power line through the area.
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