PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PSC) HEARING
ON PROPOSAL TO REPOWER DUNKIRK AND CAYUGA
COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS WITH GAS
Come and Give Testimony
Come and Support those Giving Testimony with your Presence
Monday, July 15, 2013
SUNY Fredonia, Multi-Purpose Room at the William Center
Fredonia, NY
Public Testimony starts at 7 pm
Administrative Law Judge Presiding
The
Public Service Commission (PSC) is currently deciding whether to
repower the Dunkirk and Cayuga coal-fired power plants with natural gas
or to opt for more environmental and cost effective transmission system
upgrades, efficiency, and renewables. There will be presentations by NRG
and National Grid with Q&Q from 6-7. Public testimony will follow
at 7 pm.
There
is so much agreement that natural gas is the wrong choice (for
environmental, fracking, cost, consumer benefit reasons) that the
Business Council, the Sierra Club, and seven other environmental
organizations submitted joint comments to the PSC urging the
transmission upgrades, efficiency, and renewables over natural gas,
Needless to say, the Business Council and enviros rarely issue joint
statements.
Senators
Maziarz, Young, and Nozzolio quickly requested a public hearing in
Fredonia which the PSC granted. The Sierra Club -- and others -- have
submitted about 2,000 public comments opposing the natural gas
conversion.
We
need a strong presence at the Fredonia hearing so that Senators Young
and Maziarz will hear our voices in support of cost-effective and more
environmentally friendly options like renewables, infrastructure, and
efficiency. This hearing can set the stage for future victories and give
a public victory to fracktivists and renewable energy activists.
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