For Immediate Release: 11/05/19

 

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19094/16-F-0328

November 05, 2019

New York State Siting Board to Meet

Siting Board to Consider Number Three Wind’s Application to Build and Operate 105.8 MW Wind Farm in the Towns of Lowville and Harrisburg, Lewis County

ALBANY — The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board) will meet on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. to consider Number Three Wind LLC’s (Number Three Wind) application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to build and operate a proposed 105.8-megawatt (MW) wind facility in the Towns of Lowville and Harrisburg, Lewis County.

Number Three Wind LLC is a subsidiary of Invenergy, LLC (Invenergy). Specifically, Number Three Wind has applied to build and operate 31 wind turbines with a generating capacity of 105.8-megawatts, access roads, an electrical collection system, meteorological towers, an operation and maintenance building, and electrical interconnection facilities. The electrical interconnection facilities would include a project substation, a 115-kilovolt switchyard, and an overhead 115-kilovolt interconnection line approximately 4 miles in length that connects the substation to the switchyard and then to National Grid’s Lowville-Bremen transmission line.

Members of the Siting Board will meet in the Public Service Commission’s Board Room, 19th floor, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, at 10:00 a.m., with video-conference connections to the Public Service Commission’s Board Room, 4th floor, 90 Church St., New York, New York.

The meeting will be webcast to the Department’s New York City offices. The webcasting will be for viewing and listening purposes only. In addition, the meeting will be webcast live on the Internet. The Internet webcast can be viewed by accessing http://www.dps.ny.gov/Webcasts.html.

An agenda will be issued prior to this meeting, which will contain additional instructions regarding viewing in the New York City office and the webcast.

Instructions to Attend Meeting in Person

All members of the public are invited to attend in person. Individuals wishing to attend the meeting in Albany, may do so in the Board Room on the 19th floor of the Public Service Commission’s offices at Three Empire State Plaza, Albany.

Individuals in New York City wishing to attend the meeting may do so in the Board Room on the 4th floor of the Public Service Commission’s offices at 90 Church Street, New York City.

Please be prepared to show identification to be admitted to the Albany or New York City offices.

Instructions to View Webcast of Meeting

The Internet webcast can be viewed by accessing http://www.dps.ny.gov/Webcasts.html. If you experience problems viewing the live webcast, you may view it at a later time by accessing an archived copy of the webcast. Archives are available on the Department of Public Service’s Web site within two business days after the meeting.

Other Matters

Persons with disabilities who require a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should call the Department of Public Service's Human Resources Management office at 518-474-2520. TDD users may call this number through the New York Relay Service at 1-800-662-1220 or have a representative call directly to the office.

The application for the proposed Project may be reviewed online at the Siting Board web page (http://www.dps.ny.gov/SitingBoard), by following the link to “Projects Under Review,” on the left side of the page. It also may be accessed by visiting the Department of Public Service website, www.dps.ny.gov, then clicking the “Search” link on the upper center area of the page, then using the “Search by Case Number” feature, to search for Case 16-F-0328. The application materials may be located under the tab “Filed Documents.” The application is also available for review at local public libraries in the project area and upon request to Number Three Wind, LLC.
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