ALBANY — The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board) will meet on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. to consider Eight Point Wind LLC’s (Eight Point Wind) application for Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to build and operate a proposed 101.8 megawatt (MW) wind facility in the Towns of Greenwood and West Union (Steuben County).

The project is being developed by Eight Point, a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. Specifically, Eight Point has applied to build and operate up to 31 wind turbines, together with access roads, a collection substation, mostly underground 34.5 kilovolt (kV) collection lines, up to two permanent meteorological towers, temporary staging/laydown areas, an operations and maintenance building, and related facilities. Eight Point also proposes to construct an approximately 16.5-mile overhead 115 kV transmission line that would interconnect the project with New York State Electric and Gas Corporation’s existing 115 kV Bennett Substation in Hornellsville, Steuben County. The proposed transmission facility will be subject to review by the Public Service Commission pursuant to Article VII of the Public Service Law.

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. In addition, the meeting will be webcast live on the Internet.

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 New York City or the Albany office.

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-0062. 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 Eight Point Wind, LLC.