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News Archive - September 2006

Friday September 29, 2006

Railway's tax-relief program at risk
ROME - The next chance is the last chance for New York Susquehanna and Western Railway Corp. to apply for continued tax breaks, the Oneida County Industrial Development Agency's Board of Directors said.
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Thursday September 28, 2006

Electricity: an upstate versus downstate issue? Senate candidate addresses NYRI again
MONTICELLO, NY - What's the best way to get more electricity into New York City and its suburbs? Susan Zimet said the answer is a new corridor from New Jersey under the Hudson River into the city.
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Power-line issue holds up tax break deal
The Oneida County Industrial Development Agency Board of Directors has delayed action on whether to continue to grant tax relief to the New York Susquehanna and Western Railway Corp.
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Tuesday September 26, 2006

Power-line bill at Pataki's hand
Albany - A bill that could hurt the chances of a power line strung on 11-story towers proposed for our region is in Gov. George Pataki's hands. And the lawmaker sponsoring it likes the odds of Pataki signing it.
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Lecture series looks at energy issues
Colgate research group tackles debate over power line proposal. The Upstate Institute at Colgate University is jumping into the debate surrounding a $1.5 billion power line that a private developer wants to build near the rural college.
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Sunday September 24, 2006

Anti-NYRI power line group expands
(Town of Wallkill) – The newly formed not-for-profit corporation SayNo2NYRI announced Saturday that it has consolidated Orange County citizens’ groups opposed to New York Regional Interconnects’ power line proposal.
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Power line fight is far from over
Six months after the plan was first made public, residents from Cassville to Utica remain adamant that they do not want 100-foot-tall towers running through residential neighborhoods and in the heart of communities such as Chadwicks.
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Power-line struggle: Where the politicians stand
Here's a look back at recent statements on the power line by local politicians and candidates running for elected office in November, and their respective party lines:
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Power line FAQ
What's being proposed?; Who's for the line?; Who's against it?; What is known about this company?; What are the state's power needs and where are there problems?
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Friday September 22, 2006

Zimet offers new solution for power line debate
Monticello – Earlier this summer, Ulster County Legislator Susan Zimet suggested the New York State Thruway corridor would be a better route for the New York Regional Interconnection (NYRI) power line. Now, Zimet, a Democrat State Senate candidate is backing another idea – putting any new downstate power routing under the Hudson River, from New Jersey.
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Thursday September 21, 2006

NYRI, NYS&W sued by Utica
The city of Utica is suing the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway, based in Cooperstown, the Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, and New York Regional Interconnect Inc. over a contract th at would allow a proposed $1.6 billion power line to run along the railroad’s right of way.
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Herkimer County backs bill aimed at stopping power line
Opponents of New York Regional Interconnect's proposed power line feel eminent domain issues stand out as one of the most effective ways they can put the brakes on the project.
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Saturday September 16, 2006

Railroad filing alarms power-line foes
A regulatory filing by a railroad with ties to a controversial power line project sent activists throughout the area into high alert on Friday.
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Letter to the Editor - Opinion (1/2 way down the page)
Power Proposal. The only reason that the New York Regional Interconnect line is being proposed is because federal law deregulated the supply of power so that we now have the opportunity to select the supplier of electric power to our homes and businesses so that the owners of NYRI are guaranteed a profit in moving cheap power to downstate from upstate.
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Thursday September 7, 2006

Spitzer opposes power line plan
Eliot Spitzer, the Democratic candidate for New York governor, told the Observer-Dispatch Wednesday night he was personally opposed to a proposed high-voltage power line that would cut through many Mohawk Valley communities.
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Wednesday September 6, 2006

Ex-chair of PSC joins law firm
Maureen Helmer, the former chairman of the state Public Service Commission, has joined the Syracuse-based law firm Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC, and will lead its new Albany office, company officials announced Tuesday.
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Monday September 4, 2006

Opposition to proposed power-line continues
The war over New York Regional Interconnect Inc.’s plan to construct a 200-mile-long power line from Oneida County to Orange County continues, although not as openly as earlier this year.
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Friday September 1, 2006

Official to stand down from NYRI debate
The federal regulatory official who drew upstate ire by calling the New York Regional Interconnect proposal a "no-brainer" won't participate in any future proceedings on the project.
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New York power player does not recommend NYRI
The agency that oversees New York's electrical grid does not see a need for new power lines in the Upper Delaware Valley "at this time."
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