News Archive - May 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
New York Regional Interconnect Promises Jobs
WRVO's Elizabeth Christensen reports on how many jobs may be created if a controversial plan to build a power line from Utica to Orange County is realized.
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Boehlert Pushing to Stop NYRI Power Line
Congressman Sherwood Boehlert wrote to the US Energy Department asking it to deny NYRI's request for special federal status. The status would designate the proposed electric transmission route as one of national interest.
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Unpatriotic Threat To American Eagle Habitat
A foreign investment company, NYRI, plans to build deadly power lines along the Upper Delaware River. These power lines would disrupt, if not destroy the natural habitat of the American Bald Eagle.
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Friday, May 19, 2006
Sullivan County locals protest power lines
Bill May wasn't fazed by the throng of local residents that came out to the Delaware Community Center Thursday night to protest his power line proposal.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Power line to take east route
New York Regional Interconnect Inc. plans to file an application with the Public Service Commission within the next two weeks to build a 400-kilovolt power line from Marcy in Oneida County to New Windsor in Orange County.
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