“As community members being forced to live within the borders or in close proximity to the Cassadaga Wind Project’s [CW] industrial facility, we are hereby requesting a public hearing in regard to the PSC issuance of a CPCN. As residents who will be directly impacted by this project for generations, we believe we should be granted this important right.
We object to CW’s request for an expedited review under 16 NYCRR §21.10. We are opposed to the granting of a CPCN application and likewise oppose CW’s request that the public hearing be waived.
We believe the Project fails to meet the definition under PSL Section 68: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, which requires that “the commission shall consider the economic feasibility of the corporation, the corporation’s ability to finance improvements of a gas or electric plant, render safe, adequate and reliable service and provide reasonable rates, and whether issuance of a certificate is in the public interest.”
The record shows CW has a Power Purchase Agreement with New England ISO. NYS will not receive the REC’s. Logically, if the electricity is contracted to be sold out of state, it is not a necessity and not needed here. Eighteen months of construction, noise, dust, diesel truck traffic, followed by 20-30 years of unwanted noise, shadow flicker, loss of amenity, decreased property values and social discord, are NOT NEEDED, CONVENIENT OR IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST for those within the project’s footprint.“
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We Are the People 9 July 2018.