Decker recommends Chenango pony up for CARI again
NORWICH – An organization that opposes the New York Regional Interconnect power line could receive another injection of money from Chenango County.
The finance committee will recommend to the Chenango County Board of Supervisors next Monday to commit $50,000 toward the fight being waged by Communities Against Regional Interconnect, or CARI. The county has committed the same amount each year since the organization was begun in 2006.
The decision was reached upon the recommendation of board Chairman Richard B. Decker, R-N. Norwich, who said he hoped CARI would be able to influence the New York Public Service Commission to rule against NYRI.
The high voltage power line would run from Oneida County in the north to Orange County in the south, running 44 miles through Chenango County from Earlville, Sherburne and North Norwich in the north through Norwich, Guilford, Bainbridge and Afton in the south.
Decker said the towns of North Norwich and Sherburne had each already committed $5,000 to CARI for the year.
Sherburne Supervisor Harry W. Conley made the motion to recommend the resolution to the full board. Dennis Brown, D-Pharsalia, seconded.
“Even though this is not going through my town, I remember all of the support given to me when my town was threatened by a radioactive waste treatment plant years ago,” Brown said. “I’m behind this fight, too.”
Treasurer William E. Evans suggested taking the money from unspent 2008 Tobacco Settlement funds.
CARI also requested another $55,000 from Chenango County to be delivered later in 2009. Decker said he was uncertain about making that commitment due to the uncertain economic climate.
NYRI recently filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant a rehearing by March 2009 so that NYRI’s investors can decide whether to continue investing in its project. NYRI is seeking additional assurances that it will be able to recoup its investment.
CARI spokesperson Eve Ann Shwartz said in a press release distributed yesterday that NYRI’s “latest threat” indicates that its investors and backers “see the handwriting on the wall.”
“Recent testimony before the PSC from state agencies and other parties provided a compelling and solid case against NYRI. That testimony, coupled with a recent FERC ruling that upholds the super majority voting provision of New York Independent Systems Operator, [New York’s bulk electricity grid] poses a major hurdle for NYRI,” said Shwartz.
The finance committee will recommend to the Chenango County Board of Supervisors next Monday to commit $50,000 toward the fight being waged by Communities Against Regional Interconnect, or CARI. The county has committed the same amount each year since the organization was begun in 2006.
The decision was reached upon the recommendation of board Chairman Richard B. Decker, R-N. Norwich, who said he hoped CARI would be able to influence the New York Public Service Commission to rule against NYRI.
The high voltage power line would run from Oneida County in the north to Orange County in the south, running 44 miles through Chenango County from Earlville, Sherburne and North Norwich in the north through Norwich, Guilford, Bainbridge and Afton in the south.
Decker said the towns of North Norwich and Sherburne had each already committed $5,000 to CARI for the year.
Sherburne Supervisor Harry W. Conley made the motion to recommend the resolution to the full board. Dennis Brown, D-Pharsalia, seconded.
“Even though this is not going through my town, I remember all of the support given to me when my town was threatened by a radioactive waste treatment plant years ago,” Brown said. “I’m behind this fight, too.”
Treasurer William E. Evans suggested taking the money from unspent 2008 Tobacco Settlement funds.
CARI also requested another $55,000 from Chenango County to be delivered later in 2009. Decker said he was uncertain about making that commitment due to the uncertain economic climate.
NYRI recently filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant a rehearing by March 2009 so that NYRI’s investors can decide whether to continue investing in its project. NYRI is seeking additional assurances that it will be able to recoup its investment.
CARI spokesperson Eve Ann Shwartz said in a press release distributed yesterday that NYRI’s “latest threat” indicates that its investors and backers “see the handwriting on the wall.”
“Recent testimony before the PSC from state agencies and other parties provided a compelling and solid case against NYRI. That testimony, coupled with a recent FERC ruling that upholds the super majority voting provision of New York Independent Systems Operator, [New York’s bulk electricity grid] poses a major hurdle for NYRI,” said Shwartz.
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